You Are Me

I understand the innocence of childhood Because long ago I was you An innocent with my whole life in front of me Safe in my cocoon with my family Playing happily in streets Splashing in the rain Paddling in the sea And shrieking as the waves washed over me As you used to But youContinue reading “You Are Me”

A Very Real but Unexpected Miracle

This is the story of Charles Henry Hawken, seen here with his best buddy, Harry the Hedgehog. This story is written for anyone who believes in miracles, and anyone who’s been told that they aren’t possible. It starts in December 2018, and involves my dear friendLuke Rymell, the Spirit Artist. It starts sadly, and ends magnificently,Continue reading “A Very Real but Unexpected Miracle”

Letter to a ‘Feeble Mess’?

This poem is a poem to myself. To the person I thought I was and the person I turned out to be.Maybe it’s a poem for you too, for the person you really were. For forty-five years you suffered terriblyFrom an anxiety that wiped you outObscured the fun loving girlAnd made you feel pointlessYou wereContinue reading “Letter to a ‘Feeble Mess’?”

Too Many Lonely Coffees

I’ve sat in many coffee shops nursing cups of coffee Watching people interacting in an ordinary way My loneliness is crippling but no one gives a toffee Somehow they know (how could they know?) That I was born this way Fate played an icy game when I came into this world Setting fingers of indifferenceContinue reading “Too Many Lonely Coffees”