In hiding within No one knows how anyone else feels, nor can one person explain how another will react to the same situation. As such, this is a very personal account of how it felt to be me, in a way that I found more comfortable at the time, trying to bring a little lightContinueContinue reading “Breakdown”
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How to Freak Out a Counsellor
Sometimes you just have to define yourself Many years ago I was sent to a counsellor by my GP as he was nearly as worried about my state of mind as I was. The guy turned out to be a Community Psychiatric Nurse, which made me even more worried as it sounded rather more dramatic,ContinueContinue reading “How to Freak Out a Counsellor”
It is My Life
How important is spirituality in your life? Nature is spiritual Spirituality saved my sanity if not my life. Had I not had a mentor who saw the world in a different way I would never have found the path to recovery and the way to my true self. I wasn’t raised in an emotionally healthyContinueContinue reading “It is My Life”
Who Am I?
Too tempting not to use the book cover to illustrate this poem about the life-long search for self, that is so much fun. Far from age taking things away from you, it gives you so much more. You feel free to be who you are, do as you wish (taking others into consideration of course,ContinueContinue reading “Who Am I?”
It’s a Punch
Acknowledging that men go through this tooPhoto by NEOSiAM 2021 on Pexels.com You think of it as words But it’s a punch A blow to the gut A wound to the psyche A thrust to the heart Have confidence you say I did before all the punches You wouldn’t expect someone To pole vault withContinueContinue reading “It’s a Punch”
Wrinkles
Photo by Nashua Volquez-Young on Pexels.com These fingers have bent a million times And this face has creased into thousands of expressions The lines around my eyes arose from Crying at sadness Laughing with joy Wincing at the unkindness of the world And squinting through headaches and bright sunshine This saggy chin has dipped downContinueContinue reading “Wrinkles”
You Should See Her
I love the twist at the end of this poem. One of those where you think it’s obvious and then it isn’t. But to me, as a spiritual thinker, this has an important point. We’re more alike than we think, and there’s a little bit of everything in all of us. It’s quite weird lookingContinueContinue reading “You Should See Her”
Please God
Photo by Asad Photo Maldives on Pexels.com In re-reading this after so many years I felt uncomfortable with the anti-male attitude, but instead it’s an exploration of feelings, and an acknowledgement that what we feel may not be the only truth.She turns and smiles at meand I feel my womb smile in returnand echo onContinueContinue reading “Please God”
Cast Off
Photo by Anete Lusina on Pexels.com Going through my old work there was clearly I time that I was disenchanted with life and love. I wondered whether to share this, but all emotions have a place in life and the difficult ones are often only too real.This one was written for a friend who’d beenContinueContinue reading “Cast Off”
Me?!
What’s your favorite thing about yourself? Awkward selfie I thought this was going to be a really difficult question but then as I started to type I realised it isn’t. The difficult part lies in saying something nice about yourself, you’re scared of sounding big headed, but the thing I like about me doesn’t includeContinueContinue reading “Me?!”
Deb Hawken - Amorah 