Comfort Zone

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♯ ♪ Mar 12, 2007, 3:17pm EDT

Very vivid!

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Deb J. Mar 12, 2007, 3:18pm EDT

Deep thinking there.

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amanda wallin Mar 12, 2007, 3:27pm EDT

Thank you Joanne and Deb J.
Debra, I've missed you terribly and thanks for taking the time out to read something you can't stand! :)

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Cheryl W. Mar 12, 2007, 3:32pm EDT

I love it, Amanda! I've missed reading your stuff!

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mona d. Mar 12, 2007, 3:35pm EDT

when you write like this you surround me in your feelings - and i hold them close because they resonate perfectly.

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Barbra L. Mar 12, 2007, 3:42pm EDT

Amanda:

I have found great comfort in this today. Thank you so much for putting into writing what I am feeling.

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Faith H. Mar 12, 2007, 3:51pm EDT

Amanda, a succinct vision of your "comfort zone" and I like the way you describe your clothing, unwashed because of the sacred ink.

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Richard Melendez Mar 12, 2007, 4:32pm EDT

Amanda... how you deal with your pain and darkness often gives strength and merit to your redemption as you pass thru a cleansing at your own speed and in your own fashion. I only wish you did not have to suffer so. Amazing verse, my dear one.

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amanda wallin Mar 12, 2007, 4:36pm EDT

Thank you all for your compassion. I seem to be coming out of it by nurturing myself and even writing this simple poem. Love to you all...

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Miz Lynn aka/BooBoo Mar 12, 2007, 5:59pm EDT

Wonderful poetry Amanda, I like familiar too and sometimes have to kick myself in the butt to do something different...

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Joe H. Mar 12, 2007, 6:18pm EDT

You sure have a way with writing from your own life and sharing a piece of your soul. Have you considered writing songs?

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Anne B. Grote Mar 12, 2007, 6:46pm EDT

well, it seems you are deep in thought with this one, comfortable in your own skin and writing well as usual.

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John F Walter Mar 12, 2007, 9:05pm EDT

I can tell your spirit is in a deeply truthful place just by reading this humble and uncontrite explication of self, that knows its own boundaries, that is guarding emotional energies while it recovers, resolves and evolves. This is "true poetry" of the lyrical sort I associate with the soaring release of a soul in search of a spiritual education. It is wonderful. Your refusal of others' offers of survival kits' while you seek your own demarcation, and the interiority regained that was denied by others in the past, is so simply put. No need for varnish when you've got vim and verve.
Amanda, this made me beam, shimmer, and remember.

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amanda wallin Mar 12, 2007, 9:23pm EDT

How wonderful to hear upon waking up from a long winter's nap...Thanks to each and everyone of you for stopping by with remarkable coments and insight.

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Virginia M. Mar 12, 2007, 10:55pm EDT

Miss you, Amanda, when you're not here.
I understand your poem very well, and I know the value of the comfort of a well-worn pair of jeans. May your comfort zone continue:)

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Edward Nudelman Mar 12, 2007, 11:01pm EDT

wow, really fire-hot verse. This line, "Lock me in dogmatic confinement" reminded me of incident just yesterday when I met a friend who had just had a baby. She was holding it tightly wrapped in a blanket. I mean, really tightly wrapped. She said, the moment we loosen it, she cries.

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Spencer T. Mar 12, 2007, 11:02pm EDT

I must admitt I have missed you
struck your pen and my words fell out
So glad to have you back in the zone
and how you align words all about.

Good to see ya. You're climbing out of that rut.

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Angie O. Mar 13, 2007, 12:13am EDT

I loved it Amanda and I can really relate. I am definitely a creature of habit, routine is me and change sets me off. I cherish my comfort zone and have to get people to kick start me out of it sometimes. Good job. Hugs

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Amanda your Comfort Zone is currently being featured in Confucius Says.

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Debbie H. Mar 13, 2007, 8:24am EDT

Amanda~ Let it all out!!! I can sooo relate to confinement and hunger!!! My comfort zone has always been my demise to an extent!!! Wouldn't "push" myself until I got tired of the whole thing...As painful as some situations might of been...i always loved a good fight..made me stronger:) I always look forward to your poems xoxo

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amanda wallin Mar 13, 2007, 8:51am EDT

Thank you!! I used the serenity prayer to help me pull through this mainly situational depression and I altered my life through spirituality. Mr. Bill, I'm honored...

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Breanne I've got sunshine on a cloudy day B. Mar 13, 2007, 9:02am EDT

Amanda,
Somehow I knew this verse would bring me the comfort I was needing. I have the serenity prayer posted by my desk at home & need to get a copy for my other desk at the vet's office (since I seem to be there much more than I used to). Spirituality, I must say, brings great comfort to me also. *hugs* to you, dear friend.

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vijay kumar Mar 13, 2007, 9:43am EDT

Great poem, Amanda. Deep, moving, insightful and memorable.
'Don't try to feed my gnawing hunger
For I crave a feverish dream.'...
Lines with a world of their own.

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Debbie H. Mar 13, 2007, 9:10pm EDT

Amanda~ Just had to revisit this poem!!! Your writing abilities are such a gift...you are blessed in many ways!!! I gave it some thought, and you are sometimes my comfort zone...love ya!!!

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amanda wallin Mar 13, 2007, 10:31pm EDT

Thank you! I'm shocked at the reaction to this piece but am thrilled it touched many of you. Love and peace~Amanda

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Katrina Hall Mar 14, 2007, 4:46pm EDT

You described depression so very well....the serenity prayer is an amazing prayer that never fails to "adjust" my thinking......

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Warren Keating Mar 15, 2007, 11:08am EDT

You always make me see so many images and feel so many sensations. Sure, it's about depression, but there's something incredibly uplifting about it.

Sorry I've been out of the loop, my laptop has been in the shop for what seems like an eternity. The tech guy that was trying to recover the data, finally had to use one of his "old tricks" and put the hard drive in the freezer overnight to recover the data! What a rock star; I am so thankful and am back online!

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