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"There's a point in a man's life where he looks around him and asks whether this is really where he wants to be" - Nick Paige, The Dark Night of the Shed

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A Sam Scott poem:
29th October 2023
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Not a house
Not a garage
Not a place for tools
I shouldn't be prescriptive 
Yet these have to be the rules

A chair, a lamp 
A heater
A kettle is the max
A place of peace and quiet
So that nothing then distracts

I will allow a volume
I will consume the words
I will restore my whole
With poets and the psalmists
Strive to elevate my soul

Turn away all of the gadgets
Turn connection down to null
Turn my mind to still and quiet
Volume up on natural 
Orientate myself to try it

We all need a sacred harbour
We all need that peaceful place
We all need to sit and dwell
To pursue the 'inner sanctum'
So internal noise will quell

Do you hear me when I say this
Do you sense the inner call
Do you long to calm the din
Find that place and don't deny it
For that space is deep within

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Sara Kendrick

Date: 10/30/2023 12:33:00 PM

Yes, at times I think we all need that place of peace and quiet to let God restore our soul, but then we need people also. Thanks for sharing this one with us. Sara K

Sam Scott
Date: 1/15/2024 9:39:00 AM

We are people of community it is true, I do often feel I need time alone to recharge and become a better me. It is such a rarity, such a valuable commodity, time alone w God in mind. Loved your comment x thanks, Sara!

Ink Empress

Date: 10/28/2023 10:38:00 PM

So true, very well said, we all need a safe and peaceful sanctuary where we feel calm, its sad that so many cant get that. For me my safe place growing up has been not really a place or person but a book was always my place to go when i needed comfort or to just take my mind off things. I really love what you’ve conveyed here the depth of this poem and flow of it is impeccable. “For that space is deep within” i agree . we forget that peace comes from within: very well delivered! Pleasure readn

Sam Scott
Date: 10/28/2023 11:02:00 PM

Thank you, Ink :))