Creativity


For introspection to bloom and be noticed afar

It must be drawn from contemporary mire

And be paraded aloft like an embled banner

Mixed feelings combine to exquisite mana

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To give such a title, or creator the credit

Would be to miss any point, or deny any merit

In being oneself, to sharing ones worth

To bringing more meaning - to a solitary earth

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The value of talent, the pursuit of little gain

How can one exclude the other, and privatise our pain

To point out what you see and remake what we are

Was the point of all existence before factory and car

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Just knowing how to be, for a time when you are completely

As one with yourself and so little else, the cost of being free

From the connection to a social soul, a space where we resolve

That energy that wandered above and the community involved


Patients' Council


Life after death came for me from the section

When Thanatos first spoke with no hint of inflection

Such powerful forces - one small human form

Just living as me, how can I perform?


Taken by care of the government's purse

Surrounded by others, with doctors and nurse

No shortage of drugs, no place else to hide

No decision to make - the old self's demise


Who else has been here?  What have I done?

To lose my freedom, or the care of a mum

Who understands me?  Who hears my voice?

Can I go home?  Is there a choice?


To be visited then, by people who share

And be able to ask them - why do you care?

What happens to me, the surroundings I see

Why do you sit there - and listen to me?


I ask what I like and I say what I will

My voice can't be silenced by tablet or pill

My eyes are wide open - my ear to the ground

We know where we are and can sense all around


Now take my words - act on my expression

I know you're nothing - without my predilection

One firm bond of trust - a reverential hue

Of knowing that we - are as one with you












Foodbank Blues

Foodbank Blues


Been down to the foodbank, gonna get myself some tins
Been down to the foodbank, life treats me like I've sinned

The place is calm, the coffee's soothing
hands are full, the twins are toothing

Work won't pay my wages
I've been skint for ages

Taking the help of a well-meaning few
who gather the food directly from you

And hear all my woes
the scars that I bear

And give me some food
with shampoo for my hair

They’ll never dessert me
they’ll never give in

To an unfair society
and MP's who sin

I can’t come too often
they’ll help me with that

Their parcels will soften
the comforts I lack

Tell one and tell all
the shame of their booming

Help me solve my problems
it’s your crisis looming

Give me help, keep them solemn
give them guidance from above

Why should I go hungry

for a lack of love?