In the absence of required kit
we fear ourselves unready.
We lament the missing part of it
and hold ourselves unsteady.
.
We see ourselves as incomplete
and as such we so behave.
We cast ourselves as counterfeit,
as fraud or worthless knave.
.
We dwell upon our weaknesses,
our deficits and flaws.
We worry over pittances
and under count our scores.
.
When need is an all consuming quality
the gift is lost; ‘nothing's trimmed with jollity’.
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© Tim Grace, 2011 (WS-Sonnet 66: line 3)
(Revised: 7 November 2022)
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Tim Grace
A first impression has a lasting effect - it makes a notable difference. In a subtle way that’s who I am as a poet. A ‘first impression’ looking for the gentle ‘twist’ that draws attention to a novel observation.
$#*£ Resilience
I was going to relax this evening. Tune out, hunker down, look after myself. I need it. I am exhausted. Thoroughly used up. And it's only Wednesday. Not even half way through the week. A week that in the UK, is Mental Health Awareness week. I don't know who decides these things, who gets to co-opt a day, a week, a month, and declare it a thing about a thing. But I do know a lot about mental health. I know a lot about mental health AND I know a lot about working for the UK's National Health Service. And so it was with interest that I clicked play on the below video, earlier today. By the time I finished, I was in tears.
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