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JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2014-07-01 03:37 PM

everyone has an inner sanctum
it lurks
even hides inside our thoughts
or mind
most think the inner sanctum
is dark and fearsome
some are I guess
but they needn’t be
it is really all up to you
who and what your inner sanctum is
once mine was
such a dreary place
but lately I’m seeing and feeling
a change
not a drastic change, but
it is no longer dark inside my thoughts
I’m finding much love
peace and kindness
the sun shines
I am begging to understand
that the door
to my inner sanctum stays wide open
and the only keys I need to enter
is a heart full of love
goodwill and compassion

©June 25, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~

Redstart
Senior Member

since 2014-05-16

Posts 535

1 posted 2014-07-01 05:09 PM

Another deeply considered piece. I guess we all have that inner sanctum, that place of retreat, but it's not always easy to enter. If it holds a comfort from dark thoughts and offers peace, we surely need it. The truth is there if we seek it. Strangely, before I read this, I was about to post something similar. Not so much the inner sanctum, but the inner voice.
Well written, and heartening.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2014-07-01 05:37 PM

Thanks again, Redstart. I wrestled with my demons for many, many years. I finally figured out how to make them go away in October 2010. I have kept them away. Oh, I still write dark poems every so often, but they don't rule my life anymore. I appreciate your comments.

~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

3 posted 2014-07-02 08:50 AM

uplifting...nice to know there is a light at the end of the tunnel...

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

4 posted 2014-07-02 09:06 AM

That is so good to hear Jerry. Having a happy place you know how to get to when you need to is a precious thing. Good write!

Lori

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

5 posted 2014-07-02 09:12 AM

Ahhh . . . Baby Girl . . . We've missed you. Thank you for your sweet comment.

~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

6 posted 2014-07-02 09:14 AM

I hear what you're saying, Lori. I am among the fortunate ones who somehow got it together and now am strolling into the sunlight. Thank you for your continued support.

~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

7 posted 2014-07-02 01:21 PM

... yes you are "strolling into the sunlight" ... the poem continues in your comments, I see, dear Jerry.

This is quite inspiring and I am happy for you.

Margherita

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

8 posted 2014-07-02 01:50 PM

Thank you Margherita. I am a grateful man to have worked out a way to shed myself of all those gloom and doom days.

~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~

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