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A Place To Trust

Give me a place to hideaway
                   A place up high where I can see
Everything that’s haunting me
A place that’s safe where thoughts make way

Give me a place to hideaway
               A deliverance from constant thrust
From life’s intrusion
                   A place to trust

Copyright © Mike Gentile | Year Posted 2017

anxietyhow i feelintrospectionfree verse

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February 28, 2024 at 8:13 PM

Like P.S. Awtrey below, I decided to view your very first poem on the Soup. It's you, alright, although a little more condensed than your later masterpieces. ~ Anne Ad Mirer

March 17, 2024 at 9:35 AM

Thank you so much GW and a happy Sunday to you !!

Bj Legros Kelley

January 22, 2023 at 7:30 PM

I decided to go all the way back to your first poem on here Mike, and I love it. I am sure you found that special place among such beautiful poets. You've been here a long time! I found this site in September or October of 2020. I love your poems, and wanted to see the first seedling you planted here, it is a beauty :)

January 23, 2023 at 4:00 AM

BJ, Thank you so much! I have most definitely found PS a place to trust! It was so kind of you to have an interest and check out my very first posting! I was so nervous that it would not be good enough but found that the folks here were loving and sweet!!! Happy Monday xxoo

September 9, 2022 at 1:47 AM

Like Milt, Below, love going back to first posts. Love this Mike, and the message. Harry

September 9, 2022 at 5:46 AM

Thank you Harry, I certainly appreciate that! Happy Friday!!

L Milton Hankins

March 18, 2022 at 2:50 PM

Mike, I went back to read your first poem on Poetry Soup, and I was really touched. I hope you have found your place here. You have given all of us beauty in your writing. I certainly appreciate your presence among us, and I hope you have joy and peace in this place. --your Kentucky friend, Milt

March 19, 2022 at 5:55 AM

Milt, that is so very kind of you to do and say, I am indeed touched by your thoughtfulness! When I wrote that, I was thinking of my younger days when I would seek towers with windows from which I could be alone to think. Now, I see that indeed PS has become the place that I can trust and share my thoughts and I am grateful for it and folks like you, thank you!!!

October 12, 2018 at 9:39 AM

Did you find the place? I'm a searcher, too! Good and gracious golly do you have a lot of poems for just starting this year! I'm almost 2 years old (I think) and have the same number of pages. Me thinks you wrote many years, therapy style, before finding Soup (me, too). Glad to have found you. I sure relate to this poem. All the best ... CayCay

October 12, 2018 at 11:11 AM

Thank you CayCay. Anyplace perched way up high is really good for me to think Happy Friday xxoo

March 5, 2018 at 9:06 AM

This first poem on PS of yours was a lovely start, Mike!

March 5, 2018 at 9:25 AM

Why thank you, Kim xxoo

Richard Lamoureux

January 11, 2018 at 12:39 PM

It sounds like a great place. A belated welcome to the soup. I see you have contributed a lot of flavor in a short period of time.

January 11, 2018 at 1:29 PM

Thanks Richard, That is so kind of you to say, I certainly appreciate it!!

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

October 31, 2017 at 1:23 PM

I love your insightful pen Mike :) xomo

October 31, 2017 at 2:33 PM

Thanks much, Maureen xxoo

October 29, 2017 at 3:15 PM

If only it was that simple... we need to find that place ourselves... some never discover it...

January 23, 2023 at 3:55 AM

I hope you have found yours Silent One and you are OK!!!

Darlene De Beaulieu

July 13, 2017 at 2:36 PM

A lovely poem you have written. This poem speaks to me. I will make it my favourite.

July 13, 2017 at 3:03 PM

Thanks Darlene, I certainty appreciate your kind words

June 12, 2017 at 9:55 PM

I can relate to this one. Very good! :)

Frances Schiavina

May 16, 2017 at 9:26 AM

Well said Mike A trusted heart in which to hide is a "treasure" found

May 16, 2017 at 2:44 PM

Thank you so much, Frances and yes, I do agree.

April 30, 2017 at 12:18 PM

Just wow!! What a beautiful poem and so powerful and strong in the message its actually my favourote poem iv read here xxx

April 30, 2017 at 12:24 PM

Thank you so much for your kind words

April 18, 2017 at 2:13 PM

Beautiful poem, with that powerful repetition that starts every stanza. Welcome to PoetrySoup.

April 18, 2017 at 2:37 PM

thank you Darren

Elizabeth Kinch

April 18, 2017 at 1:58 PM

I want a place like this to retreat to. A great write Mike.

April 18, 2017 at 2:37 PM

Thank you Elizabeth

Poetprentice Dupins

April 18, 2017 at 12:34 PM

This reminds me of my hangout spot I had with my sister and friends from the neighborhood. We were in our own little world. Then we grew up... Great poem and welcome to poetrysoup!

April 18, 2017 at 2:38 PM

Thank you, I think this will be fun.

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