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Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

0 posted 2006-02-08 09:56 AM

I choose this solitude
a safe feeling haven
it is my refuge
where I bask in the warmth
of alone
an escape

from demons
of my own.

The past comes calling
haunting me;
sometimes teasing
and taunting me.

I should pick up the phone
and call you...

and you...

but I'm to damn comfortable
here, in my room
where doors remain closed
to keep the world
from getting in;

into this place
where I feel safe

here in the solitude..

my sanctuary.

No one can tell you how to get there
it's a road you take all by yourself,
look inside and find the part
that's leading you;
that's the beat of the heart.
(Warren Bros.)

[This message has been edited by Gentle Spirit (02-09-2006 12:37 PM).]

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

1 posted 2006-02-08 10:16 AM

Oh, I do so know what that feels like. There are times when I just want to shut out the world and retreat to my cozy haven ~ my bedroom! Peace, solitude, and tranquility can be ever so healing! The secret is to not stay in that safe place for too long! lol

You have been through so much, I can understand your feelings! ~ and you expressed them superbly! You are a marvellous poet, Dear Donna!

Loveya!
Linda

Goldenrose
Member Elite

since 2003-05-30

Posts 3665

2 posted 2006-02-08 10:50 AM

isolationist poetry here donna...well written..thank you..

Goldenrose

Desire for nothing except desirelessness,hope for nothing except to rise above all hopes, want nothing and you will have everything.avatar Meher Baba.

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

3 posted 2006-02-08 11:30 AM

Nodding with understanding here dear Donna.
Love ya lady~

In the midst of winter,
I found there lives within me..
An invincible summer.

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

4 posted 2006-02-08 12:05 PM

think you and I are from the same mold...big hugs of understanding and lovin it as much as you do

beautiful write

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

5 posted 2006-02-09 09:31 AM

HA!

you just described my life, gosh Donna I could have written those words myself, I think them all the time, live them even.

I always tell myself I am saner by myself anyhow. (It's true btw) *grin*

God, do I ever know this.

you

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

6 posted 2006-02-09 11:37 AM

It seems we are all the same, linked only by the poetry forum!

Well put, Gentle Spirit, in your inimitable way. How I love your poetry!

- Owl

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

7 posted 2006-02-09 03:04 PM

me thinks our "rooms" are back to back

miss you Bella

M xx

how i would love you, love you as no one ever did! Die and still, love you more. And still love you more..and more
~Neruda~

The Lady
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

8 posted 2006-02-09 03:51 PM

"I choose this solitude
a safe feeling haven
it is my refuge
where I bask in the warmth
of alone"

Your poem speaks to me Donna.... loudly.

DennisTheMenace
Member

since 2005-09-04

Posts 240

9 posted 2006-02-09 03:57 PM

Hey pretty lady, nice poem, but you should get out and shake those blues away. Kick up your heels and use that sanctuary as a brief rest stop! Dang I wish I could do that myself, but Math homework awaits.

Irie
Senior Member

since 1999-12-01

Posts 1493
Washington State

10 posted 2006-02-09 05:02 PM

Boy have I missed this place!

I've been there, to that place you penned, and you describe it quite well.
Enjoyed ....

~Sheri

"Don't wait for your ship to come in ...
Swim out to it"

RedStoneEB
Senior Member

since 2003-06-08

Posts 772
uk

11 posted 2006-02-09 05:36 PM

sometimes we just need our own little place where we know we are safe because we have always been there in childhood in teens and in adulthood the room still remains the place where comfortable is always found

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

12 posted 2006-02-10 08:09 AM

Your title called to me.
Passing over a pillow, and the popcorn!
Well done Donna.
TD

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

13 posted 2006-02-10 08:17 AM

When the comfortable
turns uneasy...

you'll know to
either call...

or walk on.

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

14 posted 2006-02-10 11:06 AM

Donna, good write. I know what you mean.

...jo

troubadour
Junior Member

since 2006-02-09

Posts 43
in the land of yore

15 posted 2006-02-10 11:50 AM

I, too, retreat into the sanctuary of my solitude, when needed.
But, the inner demons have a way of reaching us, anywhere.

t

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

16 posted 2006-02-10 12:15 PM

GentlestSpirit~
Oh ... I do know the seek of sanctuary ...~

Here ... take an extra with you~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~
Email - noles1@totcon.com

ManOfWolves28
Member

since 2005-12-21

Posts 83

17 posted 2006-02-10 12:57 PM

Makes me want to go back to bed and stay cozy. Everyone needs some time for comfort. I cant seem to write anything with short lines for some reason.

...If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice.

Dominique-Simone
Senior Member

since 2005-11-12

Posts 643

18 posted 2006-02-10 10:49 PM

but I'm to damn comfortable
here, in my room
where doors remain closed
to keep the world
from getting in;

Oh how I know how you feel... Great JOb!!

ice
Member Elite

since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

19 posted 2006-02-12 08:26 AM

Donna

"but I'm to damn comfortable
here, in my room
where doors remain closed
to keep the world
from getting in;

into this place
where I feel safe

here in the solitude.."

But you are never really alone, you are with a self, your own...and that is the beauty of solitude...imho

Keats, realized it also...in a poem of the same title...( I was wrong, on checking back here I said the poem was of the same title (Keats poem) it is in reality titles "Solitude" sorry.

"When to thy haunts two kindred spirits flee." (I think he meant the body and spirit)

You are not alone, as writing poems like this will always gain you audience...

enjoyed
______ _____ice
><>

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Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

20 posted 2006-02-12 10:22 AM

Thank you all for dropping in and the smiles you left behind.

Ice "But you are never really alone, you are with a self, your own...and that is the beauty of solitude...imho"

imho also, as long as we have self,
not much else can be taken from us

and Suzie? yep, tis true.....
I agree... it IS better that way.....

hugs ya'll, with much gratitude and appreciation...

[This message has been edited by Gentle Spirit (02-13-2006 05:54 AM).]

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