My "Sanctuary"

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    My "Sanctuary"

    It's where I dream

    the place where I write,

    a bare light bulb handing from the ceiling.

    Wooden floor, covered in dust,

    some crumbled papers, left forgotten.

    I manage to deal with it.

     

    If I didn't have this place

    I think i'd slowly go insane, but I won't.

    It must remain here, hidden.

     

    My mind can't stand it.

    My heart tries to avoid it.

    My pen...absolutely needs it.

    I hate the noise, why would I need it?

    I don't think anyone would want to be in this place.

     

    Then the hour comes,

    the clock strikes midnight, up to my

    “sanctuary”

    I go.

     

    “The floorboards are creaking again.” I say to myself.

    After a couple hours, I come down,

    my papers all written on.

     

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    dahlusion commented on My "Sanctuary"

    01-18-2013

    This is simply real poetry with no strings attached. "My pen...absolutely needs it" — oh, can this poet relate to this line! Bravo! —smiles))
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    sk8erpoet

    01/18/2013

    Thank you, very much.

    nam1292 commented on My "Sanctuary"

    01-16-2013

    where you wait for me to share our lives and dreams there do u find the courage to fight ur fears there you find your loving dears
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    jenifer commented on My "Sanctuary"

    10-20-2012

    i know of what you write , there are times writing has saved me in one way or another.
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    sk8erpoet

    10/20/2012

    Me too, it's saved me from a lot.

    petra commented on My "Sanctuary"

    10-01-2012

    Very emotive in some parts....well written..........................
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    sk8erpoet

    10/01/2012

    thanks a lot.

    lisaner commented on My "Sanctuary"

    09-30-2012

    This is so good! A sojourn in your "sanctuary" and you emerge with your "papers all written on." Great!
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    sk8erpoet

    09/30/2012

    Thank you very much

    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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