Uncomfortable Places

by Yankee4youSt. Albans, Vermont, USA

Nov 2011 705 Views 7 comments

Uncomfortable Places

Beware of the excessive life
Leading over a cliff of doom
Living high in a king's place
Will eventually lead to gloom
Tear away from a cozy world
Stoking dopemine in a brain
Boredom of habituation whirl
The halls of comfort disdain
Folks of Sparta know the place
Be not fooled a promised life
Struggles you need to face
Comforts only leads to strife
Satisfaction is breaking routine
Seeking pleasure is in your head
Gratification will best sustain
All so good to trust instead
Being sessile leads to stress
Stop sitting you lazy drone
Sometimes good to feel duress
Stepping outside of your nest

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Posted: Nov 2011

About this poem:

Happier is the soul who struggles for a meaningful life...the body that craves exercise....and not one who clings to security of the same old....same old....step out there!! Turn off the TV and go for a long walk!! You will feel happier!!

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Comments (7)

niah9Auckland, New ZealandNov 24, 2011

so true...the difference is amazing...great write Yankee4you....

thelmatallaGeneva, SwitzerlandNov 24, 2011

This is very true, we need trials and sufferings to strengthen the spirit....we can't be always in our comfort zone because it would be an unchallenging, sterile life. A great write indeed!

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Yankee4youOPSt. Albans, Vermont USANov 24, 2011

Thank you Niah.... It's about exactly that

Thelma...glad you like it....what you say is exactly what I feel the good life only makes us soft and weak....we absolutely need a challange to feel alive....

FellsmanLake District, Cumbria, England UKNov 24, 2011

Hi yankee

You hit this nail fairly and squarely on the head: Reluctance to leave the cloying comfort of the armchair does indeed lead to lassitude, lethargy and laziness.

A fine write

Bill

Odette67Penrith, Cumbria, England UKNov 24, 2011

Stop sitting you lazy drone
Sometimes good to feel duress
Stepping outside of your nest

Superb thought provoking poem Yankee...so many people do not know the pleasure of the great outdoors...I love to get out into the mountains whatever the weather...if more people did the same there would be more fitter people in the world.

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Yankee4youOPSt. Albans, Vermont USANov 25, 2011

I work outside all day long everyday and walk great distances. I see and experience so much of life in my small community. There are many relationships between the world and us and how we feel is affected by what we see and experience.