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Lepers on the hill
Across a road, a tranquil sight
Where animals graze to a shepherds delight
In the warm glow of a spring's dawn
A summer's heat is soon to be born
But across this tranquil hill
Is where the "looney's" roam and madness spills
Torn from family's and lost to war
Their minds scream through a padded door
Nurses rush to aid the wounded
Thrashing and yelling - who woul...
Thursday 2nd January 2025 9:31 am
Echoes of playtime
Walking around an empty hospital
Hearing voices, standing still
It's a strange feeling
Knowing there's no one on these grounds
Empty beds are blocking
As painful feelings are unlocking
Buried away in their homes
Scarred, anxious and alone
Yet the voices are protruding
Rebounding and allusive
Screams of fun and play come across
From another world now at a ...
Wednesday 10th July 2024 3:32 pm
Peripathetic
Planning away, sometimes all day
Words on a page, moulding like clay
Toward your interest, "I'll engage" you say
I should of known it would go this way
Travelled around all week through
Sometimes I'm spinning and I don't see you
Learnng the lines of a script I have written
Walking the mile but somewhere you're hidden
Delivering is easy when you've got the tools
...Monday 10th June 2024 10:38 am
MiPad
My iPad is thirsty
Well travelled, rugged and dirty
In need of a clean
And with its blue squidgy exterior
It's a sight to be seen
You are brave
Going places where no iPad has gone before
Where young people fight and snore
High care can be dangerous for all
But my blue squidgy friend
You will be there till the end
Stimulating and engaging
Its you they're i...
Wednesday 5th June 2024 3:04 pm
Support worker
Hoody, vape and tatt
All night I've been sat
Another coffee will wake me up
Here's a magazine, take my cup
Alone on the ward, feeling bored
My eyes crush a matchstick hoard
Marks and scuffs on the walls
Remind me of times, restraints and all
Long days and nights settle in my thoughts
Old faces, names, and incidences haunt
Decisions made, young people blamed
...Wednesday 24th January 2024 10:12 am
Strike up
Savouring the solace
Subverting the scene
A spectre on the surf
Sublime and serene
Suffering the silence
Shaping the sun
Scuppering the smog
So sane with someone
Staffing submerged
Sheepish and surged
Scared as the scurried scatter
Splurged and so shattered
Shanked and superfluous
Serious and stained
So sad to see
Striking...
Wednesday 24th January 2024 10:02 am
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