Category Archives: Mental health

The Price of Popularity

Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com Behind the group in the corner Is the most popular person in the world Sheltered from real life and the rest of us By their sheer charisma and gloss The best hair gel The best sparkly spray And the most expensive house and car Ensuring that they are neverContinueContinue reading “The Price of Popularity”

Eyes of the Judges

Ten times ten And ten times ten thousand Everyone watching everything – everywhere Nothing and no one escapes those looks Seeing – knowing – judging Glowing with their superiority Their eternal rightness of being While the watched struggle and strive Just to stay sane and alive With no time for perfection Or to wallow inContinueContinue reading “Eyes of the Judges”

Tact and Impotency

Tactfully I don’t say what I’m thinking What would be the point? I’ve tried and tried until I’m tired You have your own views And anything I could contribute Would come from my reality My experience My raison d’etre I can’t give you the will or desire That would fire you with the enthusiasm ToContinueContinue reading “Tact and Impotency”

Don’t Fear Your Greatest Teacher

As is your negative system Negativity is a bad word isn’t it? It means that you’re being negative! You’re failing yourself, your life, irritating the people around you, refusing to pull yourself together. Not realising how lucky you are. Refusing to look on the bright side. And on and on and boringly on. Reality checkContinueContinue reading “Don’t Fear Your Greatest Teacher”

Never

Are you holding a grudge? About? Holding a grudge means giving other people power over you, and that’s something I will not do. I won’t let unkind people live inside my head, turning me bitter, ruining my digestion with the extra bile, and generally allowing me to hold myself back. I deal with things toContinueContinue reading “Never”

Small Big Things

My life has come down to small things I once dreamed of big things But now inconsequential things Make me happy And yet they are the bigger things The real things Do I feel good? What fun can I have today? The dreams that disappeared On the path of survival Don’t matter Because they wereContinueContinue reading “Small Big Things”

I’m Old?

I’m writing this down because I’m old I know the rules I mustn’t think that I could remember these words Because I’m past it Over the hill On the long slippery slope To happiness Finally You though I was going to say something else Admit to being a has-been Admit that the world has passedContinueContinue reading “I’m Old?”

Rise Up

This poem was inspired by fellow writer, Debra Reay. Like myself and many others she has been through hell and come out of it as her own person. It is also dedicated to anyone who has had to fight to be themselves, and to the amazing women in my groups, all of whom have risenContinueContinue reading “Rise Up”

Live!

This is an old rhyming poem that I decided was worth a 21st Century revisit. I don’t normally go for rhyming now, but it seemed to me that the message within the poem was one worth repeating any time that you can, in any way that you can. Hope it inspires your best decisions. LiveContinueContinue reading “Live!”