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What Comforts You?
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Art by
Uri Smiley | VOX Staff |
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My bedroom helps me to escape from all of the dangers of the outside world. Beyond my window, there are crackheads, gang members, child predators and burglars. I rarely see myself ever leaving my house or even my room for all of the curiosity that lurks outside. In those four walls, I feel so safe, happy and relaxed that I do not have a care in the world.
Cachet Pinson, 17
Douglass High
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There are times when I find myself sitting on my bed, wrapped in my robe watching television. Sometimes I pick up the phone to see how a friend is doing. Mainly I like to listen to music and dance. I put the earphones on and just move. After about an hour of this fun time, I make myself a nice smoothie. I use fruits, ice cream, yogurt and anything else that comes to mind. Then I end the day watching television until I fall asleep.
Alexandra Turner, 17
Mays High |
It is the bane of my existence, but it makes me who I am. It allows me to express myself internally, externally, mentally, physically, spiritually, metamorphically and globally. It is my voice when I can’t speak, my feelings when I am paralyzed, and the first tear that drops when I can’t seem to cry. My mind is shoved by its sound and the roots beneath my ground. It’s my anger, my satisfaction, my heat and my soul. She is my first love and my last word before I die. It is music.
Fredrick A. Barron, Jr., 17
North Atlanta High |
The place I love,
it’s as gentle as a dove.
Everyone has one,
but mine is better.
I see her every day most of the time.
It’s where I lay.
You may think of your home.
but it’s really close to the Dome.
In the dark, in the sun.
When I’m there, she never says too soon
No one is there, just me and my despair.
It cries for me,
And when it’s cold it lies on me.
My comfort zone, the person who’s now gone.
It’s been a year and a month since she’s been gone.
The love of my grandma is my comfort zone.
Gerald Crawford, 18
Grady High |
The house is so quiet that you can even hear the drop of a pin. Everyone is asleep and well onto the road of dreams. Everyone is sleeping except for me.
I am all alone in a lonely bedroom. There is no television to accompany me, and the computer is located in a different area of the house. My friends who usually entertain me have been blocked out by the gate on my phone that reads “No service.” I am tired and attempting to fall asleep, but I am not able.
Suddenly a thought arises in my head. I cannot sleep because I have not achieved the level of comfort needed in order to begin my doze. I walk outside of my room and make a right into the adjacent bedroom. The walk seems to be the walk of my life. I come into the room to find someone is already there. It is my grandmother. Afterwards, I find myself falling fast asleep as my grandmother comforts me.
Bree Gray Jordan, 17
Grady High
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No matter where I am on this planet, there is only one place that I will eventually have to return in order to feel comfortable. Unsurprisingly, the place is my own home in Duluth, Georgia. Even after a mundane day, I feel comfortable when I enter the front door of my home. The special yet friendly scent greets me along with the loud barking of my dog, Leny. My room with my desk, bed and piano silently speaks out “Home sweet home” to me. For a moment, I lie down in my stress and worry for a while within my safe zone.
Aaron Choi, 15
Northview High
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| My friends comfort me all the time. After I tell them my story, they all have ideas on how to make my situation better. Then we go do something that makes me happy.
My room also comforts me because it is very calm. I have funny pictures, books and magazines in there. My room is small, and it makes me feel like I have my own little space.
Lastly, nature comforts me. When I go outside, I always forget about what happened, and nature calms me down. I feel like it is the key to serenity.
Freedom Wright, 13
Holy Innocents Episcopal
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Skateboarding is my comfort from when things are not going well at school to when I’m just mad at everything. I know that my skateboard will calm me down, and it kind of takes me out of reality. I forget everything that’s gone wrong and everything around like the soothing breeze that goes over my body. Sometimes when I’m supposed to be really focused on something, skateboarding starts to go through my mind. Now it is not like I’m addicted. To me it is just comfort and always will be.
Nigel Jackson, 16
Tucker High
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| Things that comfort me are my family, friends and different outside activities. My family does a lot of things for me. I feel safe around them.
My comfort zone is just being around others and having fun. My friends and I will joke about each other, but we know we have each other’s backs when we need it. I feel very comforted around them. I make sure I make positive friends. So I will always be comfortable to do what they want because I know they will never try to hurt me.
Other activities I do are outside. They also make me feel comfortable because I am having fun doing what I like, something that I am not forced to do. I feel comfort from all these things.
Janelle James, 13
Chamblee Middle
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| What comforts me is my bedroom. It comforts me because it is a place where I can sit and think about what has happened to me. It’s also a place where I can cry in my time of sadness and pray to God.
I also listen to music in my room to encourage myself and become a better person. Whenever I have had a bad day at school or something, I just sit in my room and think about how to make the situation better. I tell God about the situation and sometimes write in my journal.
What also comforts me is watching “Dream Girls,” “The Temptation,” or “The Jacksons: An American Dream.”
Miya Crawford, 16
Chapel Hill High
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