they say! I say "I've a lot
to be happy for!"
What Is Normal Anyway?
Normal.
Remember 'normal?'
Normal used to be many things it isn't now.
Normal used to be Saturday afternoon on the terraces,
cheering 'em on.
Saturday evening in the pub,
with ya mates,
celebrating a win!
Normal used to be a visit to see your Mum,
a hug when you turned up,
and kiss when you left.
Normal used to be not having to wear masks,
and not getting 'looks' when you leave it in the car by mistake.
Normal is now sitting in your Dads lounge and everyone has a mask on.
Normal is phrases like,
'Lockdown',
'Virus',
'Social distancing'...
'Anxiety',
Normal is being anxious!
Normal?
"What's normal?" people ask.
Nobody knows anymore.
"It's the new normal!" people say.
What does that mean?
The new normal is waiting for a vaccine.
Waiting for a letter from your doctor saying come in and get vaccinated.
Perhaps 'waiting' is the new normal.
Waiting to see if you'll survive the chaos.
The financial chaos,
the social chaos.
Perhaps chaos is normal.
Normal?
What's normal anyway?
I Wish It Was Six PM!
People say "don't wish your life away!"
Even though everyone must have had that thought at 6 or 7 o'clock on a cold damp morning.
You know the one that goes,
"I wish it was 6pm!"
Well; don't wish your life way!
What about all those wonderful things that will happen between now and then!
Those things that you'd miss out on like...
The small matter of having to crowbar the kids out of their 'pits',
the small matter of trying to get them to eat something remotely healthy before they go,
and the small matter of getting them to go in the first place!
As well as maybe getting something for yourself for breakfast!
As well as you having time to rustle up some lunch from what used to he the contents if the fridge,
and as well as you not missing the train!
Then; getting to work in perfect time to have to make everyone in the office coffee,
then; trying to get your computer to start - "sometime today please!"
then; having to 'prep' that 10am meeting you didn't have time to 'prep' for last night!
Oh; and answering all those emails,
Oh; and reschedule that 10am meeting because someone very important is unable to make it,
Oh; and getting yourself some lunch 'cos you didn't have time to do it and anyway the kids had 'totalled' the fridge.
Not forgetting the rush to get it all done by 5pm,
not forgetting to not miss the train for the second time today
and not forgetting to pick up your sanity on the way out!
I wish it was 6pm!
A Dark Dark Morning
It was a dark,
dark morning.
The air was still,
and the fog,
fog covered everything.
Creatures,
mystical creatures,
glared angrily through the fog as they sped past.
Their eyes like headlights cut through the gloom.
Large gnarled monsters,
monsters with big round eyes,
seemed to just appear,
appear through the murk as my eyes adjusted.
Their strong twisted arms were raised against a slowly,
slowly forming blood red sky.
Apparently in annoyance they called out at the passing creatures and seemed to chase,
chase along the roadside after them!
Then,
steadily,
gradually,
slowly,
slowly the red sky became blue,
the fog started to lift,
and the terrible,
terrible forms that had been,
started to drift away.
The once monsters became trees,
and the bright,
bright eyed creatures just passing cars,
as the suns golden ray's washed,
washed them all away.
I Like It
What am I saying when I 'like' your social media post?
Maybe it's "I agree with you!"
or, "Yeah; I see what you mean!"
Sometimes it's "I love that image of yours - nice one!"
or "those words have touched something within me - thank you!"
Sometimes it because I want to support you,
your stance,
your cause,
your angle on life...
or just you.
Sometimes it's because you've made me chuckle!
Sometimes it's because I think it's clever...
But sometimes it's just because... I like it!
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