clear night skies and winter fights
springs awakening.
Career Advisor
All I ever wanted to be sort of waxed and waned
I never had big dreams
like wanting to be a spaceman
or drive a steam train
It all sort of came and went
I did think I might join the navy - but that idea went after 5 minutes
I'm nobody's sailor
it would have been a disaster!
I'm 63 and I still don't know what I want to do for a career!
I'd like to be a world famous poet or artist
or both
and make lots of money from my work
I might go and find a career advisor and see what they say!
Circle - A temporary fix
Scratching an itch
you think...
in scratching it
you will relieve it
make it better - only...
you're going to damage your skin
if you keep scratching
you're going to damage your skin
it's just a temporary fix
temporary relief
you're just fooling the brain that it's all OK - it's cause and effect
sort out the cause!
or like
that long relaxing draw on a cigarette after a busy morning at work
stood in a huddle
outside in the rain
smoking
soothing the need
the need for a quick fag - whilst it slowly kills you
or
biting the flesh of your finger in rage
subduing your anger
whilst your teeth
cut into your skin
or...
drinking
and drinking
and drinking
because you need it
and because you feel better after having it
but you realise just what you have become
and you hate yourself for it
for being an alcoholic
so you have another drink
drinking to drown your sorrows
drinking to lift your mood
drinking after a bad day
damaging
damaging your liver
damaging your life - and slowly killing yourself!
It's a circle
a circle you need to break
otherwise
...it's all just a temporary fix
Subtitles
Wind-chimes jingle
The doorbell chimes
A lighter babbles and the stream clicks
Girls close and doors laugh
Fish fly
Flies fish
Taps drip
Feet tap
Waves just - wave
Cows on bicycles - bark
Birds sing like singing birds
Music prays
The vicar plays
Grass shouts
Sheep argue
Wind sucks
Engines rev
Tannoys disagree
Sirens shout
Mobile phones buzz
...and subtitles add depth and understanding
to those hard of of thinking
How Old Am I?
Check your birth certificate
it's today's date minus the date on that
It's the number of years you've been alive
It's the number written on the front of your birthday cards - if they've sent you any
what does your wife say you are?
Maybe it's something to do with you shouting at the adverts on the telly
it's how knackered you feel having just climbed the stairs
or the way you groan after getting out of your chair
it's how you feel after seeing an old school mate
it's as old as not remembering why you went into the kitchen
as old as how long it takes you to 'wee' at 2am in the morning!
Maybe it's your shoe size?
I think I'm 63 - but with a mental age of 12!
Signs of Spring
Your long Christmas break
and all those lovely festivities
are now but a memory.
Outside it's cold and grey
and if it does start to snow
you only get six flakes
not the six foot you wanted
so you could re-live your childhood
and fall off a sledge and break something
and so have an excuse for not going into work.
Your hayfever raises it's ugly head.
Pigeons are mating on telephone wires.Grumpy old women come out of hibernation for the first time since last summer.
The weather remains unpredictable.
The classic bright spring days are short lived - and soon the cold and grey returns.
Self assessment tax reminders arrive in the post
reminding you it will soon be the end of the tax year - how dull!
...The tourists are coming.
The clocks go forward
and it completely messes up your internal clock
The daffodil bulbs you planted in October last year haven't come up yet
and your car looks a complete mess but there's no point in washing it - it'll be filthy again in five minutes!
You haven't a clue what to wear
and your garden looks like the first world war trenches - and it's still too wet to do anything about it!
Yes
...The signs of Spring are there
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