This is my Box
by Kate Quinn, (c) 2005

My own place
no one can find
It took me years
To fix it all up

No it's not a prison
I can come and go
But this is my place
Where nobody knows

Silence me here
Wash me with water
Bathe me with fire
So I can grow young again

This is my Box
I hold in my heart
And when I die
It will fade away....

Is this about your place/house? Like, this is my box where I can unapologetically be me? There's no place like home?

quote:

Silence me here
Wash me with water
Bathe me with fire
So I can grow young again

This part gives me a feeling that because of the comfort and ability to be who you are there, it is also where the most growth and transformation occurs. Like it's your cacoon! That makes you the butterfly!

"Silence me here" gives me the impression of being in a place where you are not in reaction to the rest of the world, but instead are more just you in action and choice.

I bet it would be cute if you framed this and put it up in your place somewhere!

Nice work, Kate!

Thanks, Chiana! Actually the Box is kind of an inner House, if you will, inside my soul, a place i go where no one can see. But my house is also a reflection of me, a safe haven. So i guess it could be both.

yeah you're right about the silence me here...i so don't need to react to the world when i'm in my quiet place. I think we all need that.

Anyway thanks for the reply!

Okay, now I love it even more!

It makes this part especially cool:

quote:

My own place
no one can find
It took me years
To fix it all up

That was very nice. A safe haven in your soul... Very beautiful.

quote:

Originally posted by Sirius Black:
Thanks, Chiana! Actually the Box is kind of an inner House, if you will, inside my soul, a place i go where no one can see.

that's how i read it...

Thanks guys. In times of stress especially, that is the best place to be!

I like this one Kate.

My "box" is a library, filled with books of my memories and dreams and hopes. It's got huge, comfy chairs, good lighting and tons of quiet. It sounds like your 'box' is much the same, a place to rejuvenate and rest. Always a good thing to have, as you've said.

I like how you made this idea come to life. I always figured I was a bit off for having a 'library' in my head to retreat to. I'm a nerd that way. But it's nice knowing others have it too.

Keep up the lovely work.

Thanks, Sara!

Yeah you're pretty dead on. My box these days is just a quiet place in my head where there's no noise, not even any internet stuff. It's just quiet, and no one lives there but me and John, the only other one i'll let in. I know you know what that's like.

Anyway take care, email or pm me sometime...I miss talking to you!

Kate