Hostage To Injury

At the jobcentre the lift wasn't working, and my appointments are always on the first floor. So I went back to the desk, who asked me to follow a woman with a pushchair who was being shown towards the staff lift. The 'heavy' who came to operate the lift looked at me skeptically (of course) … Continue reading Hostage To Injury →

Surviving In Hell

I'm still in hell,Remember,Stop judging everything; If you thought that this summer,You'd finally accomplish more,You were expecting too much,Too soon; Besides,All seasons are equal,In their merits; The barriers and obstacles and difficulties,I'm already overcoming,Are immense, It's easy to forget,When you have high standards,Expectations,And optimism, Why does that have to be coupled,With so much rumination? Why … Continue reading Surviving In Hell →

Ups And Downs

I need to take the same approachWith the arthritisAs with mental health— Enjoy the ups and the periods of clarityWithout judgement or guilt or rumination And when it hurts, try not to project onwardsFrom the current sensationsThis only makes it worse When I think back, I rememberRemarkable phases of ups and downs with knee painAnd … Continue reading Ups And Downs →

Divide And Conquer

Divide and conquer,Is now a working strategy, It doesn't matter if you piss off half the population,If the other half will be attracted into a cult-like following,Just to be contrary,Through a belief that they know something that you don't, It's been shown to be a working model,When there's a critical mass of people who'll blindly … Continue reading Divide And Conquer →

Everlasting/Dogsplosion 🐕

I'll never understand how they can think so little of me,Knee-jerk reaction,Looking down upon me, I'm emotionally abusive,Out with nefarious intentions,But I've checked, checked and triple-checked,And I can confidently say that—No, I am not, I'm a simple person,I live to help people (and make them laugh :P),Nothing makes my life more worthwhile or more fulfilling, … Continue reading Everlasting/Dogsplosion 🐕 →

Oppressive Environments

I feel fundamentally persecuted,With people around me,I don't feel safe,Not free to move around, But it is no wonder,After family experiences,And the troubles of sharing houses,With people messy and selfish; Those times I lived alone,I can't even tell you,When I wasn't so isolated, depressed and unmotivated, I was able to breathe,Relax and be me, Be … Continue reading Oppressive Environments →

Foreboding

"I hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge, And those who come after us will say that the Britons of this generation were as strong as any, That the attributes of self-discipline, of quiet good-humoured resolve and of fellow-feeling still characterise this … Continue reading Foreboding →