It's been a while

Oh my word it has been an age since I've posted anything. Well don't think that I haven't been writing althought it hasn't all be creative. I've been concentrating on a some poetry about what it's like to have good mental health. It's been a bit of a challenge and sadly not complete yet so instead I thought I'd revisit an old poem.

This one is called Slide show and the idea was to depict a person sitting down  to a slide show of the different faces they put on when they around other people and see themselves as others do. To ask why we do that, why we play so many roles and how exhausting it can be. Not sure I managed it.


Slide Show

Whirr... click clunk
it’s me
youthful, energetic
confident and sexy
lover and partner

Whirr...click, clunk
me as a mother
tower of strength
decisive, understanding

Whirr...click, clunk
me at work
clever, capable

Click clunk
with friends
witty and charming

Click, clunk
with relatives
tense, cowed,

Clunk
with strangers
clunk
with school teachers
clunk,
with other mothers

Whirr... click
whirr...click
whirr... click
whirr... click, clunk
eyes wide, staring back at me
questioning
whirr...