To all those reading, hello! I was inspired to write by the info sent to me through work and as someone who is proud to be within the recovery community in Merseyside. I hope we can all inspire each other as I believe sharing our experiences can help support others in all stages ofContinue reading “Hello!”
Monthly Archives: August 2017
A Mouthful Of Jewels
“A Mouthful of Jewels” Reading aloud Shakespeare’s carefully crafted lines has been likened to having “a mouthful of jewels”. I began attending the Shakespeare Reading Group six years ago. I had been a long time in hospital, but given some good new medication I was stabilising. Still, I was suffering with that institutionalisation which comesContinue reading “A Mouthful Of Jewels”
Sun and Rain
Just when May Clouds lie thick And watercolour Drizzle soaks the Paving Just when all hope is lost And life is but A sickly palette of muted Tones The churning Canvas of the heavens Crackles Blisters Bursts By aged and unknown hands To a thousand pieces torn Sunlight jets Transverse Stone vaults Of a onceContinue reading “Sun and Rain”
Poem
The soul thwarted The mind distorted The heart exhausted The smile once worn The soul re born The mind augmented The heart contented Life with meaning Glad to be breathing To close that door And live once more
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