Mental health is a journey, it has lots of ups and downs. Just like life, we never know which way it will go: from happiness to sadness, from worry to not a care in the world. There are books, films and discussions which try to tell you which way to turn, when realistically you are the only one who holds the answers. Sometimes, though, you need a bit of help – and that’s what I got from the strangest place, inside my head! A poet: whenever there was trouble, he appeared and led me back to happiness, helping me on my journey. My friend the poet plotted my pathways and shaped my future, carving my destiny as we went through the darkest periods of my life with the only support coming from within and from the pen, which indeed is mightier than the sword. It can write or draw happier days and times, even if the parchment is used and damaged. From darkness into light through inner strength and the spoken and written word… “Si vis pacem, para bellum.”
Run They Said… Well, they may have said ‘Run’, but it certainly
didn’t happen: he stayed to face life’s twists and turns head-on; made
bad decisions, good decisions and decisions which actually saved his
life. Not a hero by any account but a fortunate airman, he found himself
the witness of countless unfortunate events, strangely coming out of
one and straight into another, all of them recorded in poetry and
written with experience.
From war zone to new baby, from the Royal household to living next to a pond full of poo in Afghanistan, the writing of Run They Said
may have just kept this fortunate airman alive, giving him the chance
to explain the ups and downs of a changing world, a changing life and
changing attitudes to sexuality, warfare and love.
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