My Scrabble Bag Is Empty

I wanted a G

To thank God

For knowing you

I needed an O

To operate as if

Everything was okay

Another O

And I could have said

If only

A letter D

Then I could see

Your name for one last time

With the letter B

Then beautiful thoughts

Could have been shared

If only I had the ...

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Just a bit of background to this blog entry.  For 4 years I suffered with Chronic Cluster Headaches. Also called Suicide Headaches, these have been termed the worse pain known to man.  I don't know if that is right or not but I do know of the devastating effect they had upon my own life and that of my friends and family.

I'm now fitted with a neurostimulator that works and stops the headach...

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It's Been Bad Since My Editor Died

It’s been bad since my editor died.
He was the one who had final say on which words should leave and which words should stay. There was sometimes negotiation whilst the reorientation of words took place but he always had the last word.
It’s been bad since my editor died.
His brutal strokes with his big blue pencil were delivered without malice or sco...

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