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These four walls
Ever still am I
Where freedom swells, breaks and lies
Lost in a room of my own making
My frantic mind unabaiting
The key holder to a door with no lock
This time it is I who is out of luck
Thoughts sway and dwell upon the question
Staring at the whitewash in my mission
Could hell really be so pale?
The body and mind eager-eyed in a chess match
Sweating as the need...
Tuesday 11th March 2025 10:32 am
Mindfulness calling
There's a phone at my work
And you might think me a berk
But it calls me from a mindful zone
A place I like to visit alone
Ear to the top
As sounds fizzle and hop
It is a direct line
To feeling fine
I hear wind, birds, hussle and bustle
A universe unexplored in the rustle
Even in short bursts, it quenches my thirst
Distorting my mind toward what's first
...Tuesday 27th February 2024 5:47 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
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