Page 1 of Elfreda Eriksen's writing

1. A Snake in Wolf's clothing. Rapacious plunderer. Hidden under the cloak of love. Sits in wait behind the open door of the honest heart, The fraudulent beast intrudes inch by inch, With words seeming sincere, the wolfish beast chants incantations congruent with... (posted by Elfreda 272 days 2 hours ago.)

2. Alone In the Desert You left me here, alone in the desert with not a drop of water to quench my aching thirst. You left me here bare footed in the hands of vultures and the burning hot sand scalding my feet. You left me here to die at the mercy of... (posted by Elfreda 1 year 52 days ago.)

3. Living With a Peanut Allergy Sufferer. When my son was diagnosed at an early age with a nut allergy, I did not understand the implications, until one day, soon after the diagnosis, I was standing in the newsagents at the counter buying a paper. A news headline stood out at me like a... (posted by Elfreda 1 year 68 days ago.)

4. What is love.... Love is letting go when you know it's going to hurt, but holding on silently by the inner strength that love provides. Being stretched by internal contradition and termoil but still being able to see the way forward through faith. Out of... (posted by Elfreda 1 year 100 days ago.)

5. Happy Christmas to all my SearchWarp Family Over the years on SearchWarp Youv'e been so good to me, You've taken time to read my mind and responded with kindness, encouragement and understanding. Youv'e provided me with endless interesting articles to read that inform, entertain... (posted by Elfreda 1 year 153 days ago.)

6. Drained emotion Give me a potion for drained emotion That not even rest can restore Not much further to slip weak unable to grip. I slide like a slate to the floor. Purpose there's none, for what does it matter, what we do or what gets done .... (posted by Elfreda 1 year 162 days ago.)

7. Happy birthday on 28th November Happy birthday, happy birthday, you will never grow old Even though It's been blustery snowy and cold, Cause, the warmth in my heart that is felt on this day, Will turn winter to summer in a bright radiant way. All the flowers will bloom and the... (posted by Elfreda 1 year 180 days ago.)

8. Words to remember "Now I am dead" So, you sit with tears in your eyes and I wonder why? Is this your show of duty and honour now that I have passed you by? Please don't insult me further with your presence of false duty, I have no need for it now I'm dead, What I really needed is... (posted by Elfreda 1 year 201 days ago.)

9. Wrong Time, Wrong Place, Wrong Person Something seeming so perfect, so real, so beautiful, Shatters and withers, through lack of care and understanding, But can it be helped, when the seeds were planted at the wrong time, in the wrong place and by the wrong person. Wrong time a... (posted by Elfreda 1 year 222 days ago.)

10. Standing still Standing still, take time to capture the moment with all your senses... How does it feel to be where you are? What sounds resonate around you? Turn full circle and absorb the colours and shapes both near and in the distance. Feel the air on your... (posted by Elfreda 1 year 243 days ago.)

11. Robot (to Be Read While Listening To "Hello" By Evenescance.) Wake up, get dressed clean teeth, drive to work, teach eat, return home, sleep, Day in day out with no word no hello, no goodby nothing giving reason to feel no reason to... (posted by Elfreda 1 year 249 days ago.)

12. I miss you Angel of Music I miss the sweet melody of your voice, each sound touching my beating heart, giving life forward rhythmic momentum and meaning. I miss the harmony of our friendship when we would share our inner thoughts and resonating... (posted by Elfreda 1 year 271 days ago.)

13. When the seagull lost her Friend When I lost you, a friendship true, I fell like a seagull with broken wings and took to drinking the intoxicating air to help me breath to numb my care. When I lost you I plunged into ruin and lost... (posted by Elfreda 1 year 305 days ago.)

14. How Would You Know and Why Should You Care? How would you know that since that day she has been spiraling downward in every way, And her brain has lost it's ability to think and everyday she is losing her will and every hour she is... (posted by Elfreda 1 year 325 days ago.)

15. We Are Our Own Worst Enemy "The only things that matter are the things we choose to care about..." and through caring we are vunerable to being destroyed whether physically and/or emotionally. So, why do... (posted by Elfreda 1 year 335 days ago.)

16. Sail away Sail away, across the mighty oceans, Sail away, sail away with me, Ready about leo, watch your head on the boom, feel the spray of the salty water setting you free... Sail away, into the evening sunset, Anchor steady for the night, the gentle... (posted by Elfreda 1 year 353 days ago.)

17. A box of emotions This is a box even Pandora would hesitate to open!! If you were to store all your emotions in a box, each one secure and under lock, and all you are is a mystery to man a lifeless doll, burying your head in the sand... What would be revealed if... (posted by Elfreda 2 years 52 days ago.)

18. Iceman The winter months in Norway are bitter, dark and gray, But still your heart is colder in the merry month of May. The desert sleeps without a sound- all throughout the night But your voice is stiller yet, your lips held firm and tight. The midnight... (posted by Elfreda 2 years 82 days ago.)

19. You make me happy to be alive: A friendship song for Valentine's Day. It could have been that we were born 100 years apart, And never known a friendship sown, it's such a work of art. Distanced though we are in space we're on earth together with God's grace.... This makes me happy to be alive... Just as I shut my... (posted by Elfreda 2 years 111 days ago.)

20. The Voice of Love Is Mute. She stares into space, unable to move or think and her soul has died before her body, but her mind is not far from seizing up. She cannot feel, nor function though there is much to do, she has lost her will, her hope, because she has lost the love... (posted by Elfreda 2 years 121 days ago.)

21. Silent Soul speaketh the truth Silent soul, thoughts running deep, Like magma flowing in the chambers of what seems to be a dormant volcano. Bubbling deep beneath the surface. The silent soul speaks the truth, nature will tell, and nothing will get in its way. For the force of... (posted by Elfreda 2 years 228 days ago.)

22. If... If I could sail the world three times over and climb the highest mountain and stand at the rim of Mount Etna's crater I would, with you by my side. With you by my side there is no fear, If I could stir a crowd with a thousand funny lines and raise... (posted by Elfreda 2 years 327 days ago.)

23. Watch Watch the sun go down, Watch the tears fall, Watch the empty space, Where we had it all... Watch the sun rise, Watch the clear blue skies, Watch the empty space, The shadow of a smiling face... Watch the family grow, Through the years that go... (posted by Elfreda 2 years 354 days ago.)

24. From the Southern sky to the Northern lights, Love of the North-South devide From the Southern sky to the Northern Lights, That warm my heart with their promise of new life, There is a strong magnetic force waiting to be met and held close in suspended animation for just a moment where the tide meets the shore, there the... (posted by Elfreda 3 years 12 days ago.)

25. Fifi my Faithful Bike Horn Fifi, my Magical Bike Horn Fifi is my bike horn, and she plays the note F Everybody loves her but she can make you somewhat deaf! She likes to entertain you When you least expect, and sends laugher rolling round the room, When she plays her... (posted by Elfreda 3 years 13 days ago.)