I am so bloody grateful for writing! Those of you who know my story will know how it helped me to the weather the intense grief I felt when losing my Dad in 2015 and poetry has been a firm and faithful friend ever since. I do not let a day go by without writing a poem and in honouring my commitment to creativity I am living my life purpose every day.

Write Away

Dear poetry, it’s clear to me, that I’d be lost without you

You help me to connect to me and never do I doubt you

We’ve processed grief, emotions deep

in heartfelt contemplation

Not all we must to ourselves keep, I flourish through creation

A witness to my human fate, a hug that always holds me

You hear what my soul yearns to state and help me to unfold me

True loyalty, you set me free…