Kayla Hammond - In My Room by Brian Wilson (choice)

 In the beginning of the  semester one class discussion was spent deciphering Brian Wilson's song called "In My Room". We looked at how this song relates to the description of sacred place. A sacred place is place where you feel safe and are able to recognize God's presence there. In Brian Wilson's song he describes his room as a sacred place. Recently I related to this song when I was forced to stay in my room for three weeks. 

"In My Room"

(originally by The Beach Boys)

There's a world where I can go and tell my secrets to 

In my room, in my room

In this world I lock out all my worries and my fears

In my room, in my room

Do my dreaming and my scheming

Lie awake and pray

Do my crying and my sighing

Laugh at yesterday

Now it's dark and I'm alone

But I won't be afraid

In my room, in my room

In my room, in my room

In my room, in my room

During these three weeks my childhood room became all of these things Brian Wilson described above. In the first verse Brian Wilson describes his room as a place for secrets for me this meant the ability to be myself. In my room I was able to remove myself from the fear of judgement and worries about death. I spent long hours daydreaming about being reunited with my friends soon. I played lots of games of among us, and made videos. At night whenever I struggled falling asleep because all my worries would come rushing in I would spend time in prayer. Sometimes I would cry because I had a deep desire to be around others or because I just wanted to attend mass in person. Other times I would feel overfilled with joy about how many people I was able to catch up with over the phone. Alone and in the dark depths of my childhood bedroom, with sky blue walls, I felt safe. I slowly realized that in my room I was never alone because God was always present.