The Journey Back - a poem about depression

I'm not a perfect person

There are days the world crumbles around me

I can do nothing as inertia engulfs me

I cannot even see

What others see so clearly

as they criticize the debris

that's building all around me.

It was long ago the monster came

and destroyed all I used to be

I have a million scars inside

from a world that terrified me

and locked me into silent armour

that can only be penetrated by he

who can see beyond imperfection, to me.

The journey back is walked alone

and every day is a fight.

to find that little piece of life

where you're perfect in another's eyes

and no judgmental words are spoken

and his hands hold you tightly

to lead you to the light.

New Book - Kissing Frogs

Once upon a time there was a princess.  She did all the things princesses do, went to school, made friends, fell in love with unobtainable pop stars and dreamt of expensive weddings.  Then one day while walking by a pond a frog hopped out and pestered her to kiss it.  This she did and it turned into a prince.  Marriage followed but she didn't live happily ever after for the prince was cruel and cold-hearted.  She lost everything dear to her - friends, money, possessions and freedom.  Punished both physically and mentally for daring to try and interact with the outside world she gave up. Then one day,  her fairy godmother appeared and brought her back from the edge.  She taught her that her experiences were valuable and could be used to teach others.....
Kissing Frogs is a fairytale about domestic abuse, and not for the faint hearted ....

Available now on Amazon or as a download to Kindle.  Also free on Kindle Unlimited.

Arms of Orion - a poem

In winter skies Orion smiled
Down on me as a child.
He beckoned us to look beyond
The boundaries of this world.
To solar systems far away
Where heroes fought and dragons lay.
With possibilities they might just
Look to Earth and discover us.
With our heroes from above
We fell into an innocent love.
Happiness filled those magical days
Until we reached a certain age.

Come down out of the stars they said
The world's down here not in your head.
Put those childish dreams away
In the adult world you must stay.
Work and marriage that's for you
A house and a child or two.
But we were young, we didn't know
Sometimes love brings broken bones
We were smashed beyond repair
What we married didn't care.
Life shattered, dreams all gone
From universe to isolation.

In winter skies Orion cried
The day dreams and magic died.
He could only watch from space
Until the time we escaped.
Now I sleep peacefully in my bed
Orion slumbers overhead
And in dreams I'm free to wander far
To a universe full of battlestars.