The Many Definitions of Comfort

Comfort is so many things

I dare not try to capture it

with a single definition

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Comfort is the thunder on a rainy day

That rumbles through the clouds

sending delightful shivers down my spine

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Comfort is the pitter-pat of raindrops

against the window pane

as I sit warmly inside

listening to the storm outside

while it quiets the storm within me

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Comfort is my morning coffee

An aroma that lifts my soul to full alert

and provides my pallet it's first

taste of the day

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Comfort is the slumbered breathing

of my husband lying next to me at night

reminding me that he has chosen this spot

nightly for twenty years

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Comfort is the strength of his arms

wrapped around me when the world

has bent me so hard that I am

nearly breaking and he melts my aches away

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Comfort is the smile of a grandchild

That loves you just as you are

And thinks you are perfect in every way

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Comfort is the smell of puppies' breath

A wagging tale

A welcoming bark when you come home

A walk with your furry friend

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Comfort is so many things

It abounds all around me.