Been t’other side,
Came back I did.
Dunnae remember much
Besides a cold sprung trip.

Heart now fixed,
Breastbone unsplit to.
Meds make it better,
Besides side effects like.

Whadda I know,
Just happy still here.
Those trained people though,
Keep going choo choo.

Up a steep hill,
Thru a dark tunnel.
We all end up,
Same place like.

Vacuum within *****,
Beats in mind tick tock,
Reality chimes incoherence,
But you feel all.

Bubbles of talk,
You try to catch.
Hearing and smiles,
Reflect later.

You ignore before,
The things that sap.
Because you want
The past you love.

What should tired be,
Look within.
Mental muscles
Flex ‘em always.

Compare and dare,
Each day awake.
Your mind is yours,
Never let ‘em take.

Why is the stare of youth so penetrating,
Because it knows you will wilt,
You can try to look away
But you know what they want.

Their faces glow as yours once did,
Impermeable to the winds of time.
You can growl and pinch at them.
But you know they need your support.

Plant the seeds for trees you will never see,
Clear the nettles and brambles,
But not all of them as each has its place,
Let each ***** themselves but grow.

All trajectories eventually land,
Yours before theirs and maybe softer.
Laugh they will at your assumed wisdom
But when they ground they will know.

Hair has grown long
Who could care less.
I do when wind blows
More nature close to my head

Hair soon to be sheared
Lockdown cave to be left
Bright light of others
Lonely reflections no more

Hair to be seen again
Much like my smile
Duty hangs in the air
Heavier always amongst storms

Hair always grows
Along with a beating heart
Winds will always blow
Whatever length my hair feels

Why doesn’t that bed,
Have a patient.
Why pay for nature,
When it wants us dead.

Smell the fresh air,
Enjoy the colours.
Those evolved scents,
Placate places we do not feel.

Build over it,
Put another clinic in.
Where will we go,
To remember ourselves though.

Does not matter,
Clink followed clank.
Automation winnowing expertise,
Life is what we make it.

Still feel like I am in lockdown.
I do not mind that.
Covid was like a airlock failure,
Your life and loved ones blown into space.

During covid you closed it shut.
To survive and feel secure.
Your house a spaceship,
Your friends via radio control.

Now they say open it up,
Go back to what you knew.
I now find myself judging
What to let back in.

Dave I cannot let you do that,
But I enjoyed my time alone.
Right I’ll keep the space pod
And fly off into my space.

Explosion that hits
As you walk out the door
Cacophony of sound
Why leave my cave

Like a foreign country
They smile at you
Trying to make you comfortable
But you sit encased

As natural as the sun rises
You feel you should be chattering
They feel you should be chattering
But you just smile or frown

Company is your company
At least you realise lonely
Some people follow the sun
Just because it shines

Energy born and exploding,
Finding your place.
Takes time for sure
But you don’t grasp time.

Some are born with time
Or are given during upbringing.
Others hit their head
Against it until it hurts.

Time comes to us all,
Experience is it’s name.
The test is not to dwell
On what it did not bring.

We are all a wave yet to break.
Peace should be found,
When you chose to ride it
And not try to stop.

Regrets poke like a pain
But they matter.
Like yesterday’s time
They will pass.

Ephemeral at best
Like your dreams.
Location agnostic
Alongside your joy.

Power is with those who hold it,
Regardless if they know it.
Hold a phone that connects
And amplifies your connections.

In the past human typicals only,
Now freed ideas exponential.
Everyone holds some code,
Just waiting to execute.

Five senses we hold,
Emotion not amongst them.
For those non-typical build,
Typicals already have built.

Another sense is here amongst,
Keep clicking, liking and we listen.
An internet non typicals built
Reflect away as you become like us.

Selfish said all,
Consumption is all they are.
Focussed on money,
Growth will conquer all.

Challenge their being,
And all will fall apart.
Fight amongst themselves,
Whilst devouring the weakest.

Well 2020 came,
As a wind through us.
Taking no prisoners,
Except the loved ones left behind.

The history is still fluid,
But we should already marvel.
A collective effort on par,
With a moonshot or armistice.

Remember that health worker,
Scientist with delivery driver.
And those who supported
Came together.

Science flexed it’s muscles
And shrugged off the naysayers.
Society held closer
Those it already did.

Smile and look upon,
The society we are within.
That came together today,
To deliver a hopeful tomorrow.

Lucky me now,
Dark days behind.
Luck luck luck luck
Rip visceral death.

Saved by gods as they do,
Worship if you want.
They do not care.
Atheist you science.

Sunlight moon rain,
Cold shadow chill.
Shrug hug talk,
Growth, trees, treeed

Still here thinking,
Pause follow listen.
Look inside,
Then breathe and feel.

Weight of body,
Touches where.
Mine has always weighed,
most on my brain.

Well that defeats,
Mindfulness recipes yum.
Breathe, feel, gravity,
Weightless within thought.

Moments of peace,
Body mind combined.
Breathe breathe scan,
Within is what you find.