Empowering Women

A woman’s no delicate flower, Doing only what people allow her, Rights need respect, Nurture not neglect, Embodying strength and female power. By Paul Webster

Love

The truest love is loving yourself, Appreciate your ins and outs, Don’t put your love upon a shelf, Let affirmation drown the doubts. Appreciate your ins and outs, Set your dreams and desires free, Let affirmation drown the doubts, Internal kindness is the key. Set your dreams and desires free, You are more beautiful than…

Time to Talk Day

Today is Time to Talk Day, implemented by the mental health organisation Time to Change. It aims to end the stigma around mental health through communication and taking the time to talk about the issues, rather than hiding them. I was made aware of this stat by a friend who attended a conference recently where…

Yearning

Does a tree wish that it bore more fruit? Or a plant long for blossoming flowers? There they stand, majestic and mute, Silent and stoic, through days and hours. But people are painfully set apart, Feeling emotionally lost and forlorn, With a twisted gut and heavy heart, When a familial hope is never born. The…

Carrying a Heavy Heart

I started a broken, mental wreck, Trapped in a deep, dark parenting hole, Carrying you, brought hope and light, Giving me purpose, my fatherly role. We travelled together from half a year, Acquainting ourselves and moving as one, Sharing contact, physical and mental, Our relationship growing, second to none. The times we shared and sights…

The State of Mind

If freedom is a state of mind, And all you need is positive thought, Happiness seemingly simple to find, Contentment something that can’t be taught. But, what if your mind is in a state? Living with negative mental health, Crushed by crippling anxious weight, Poor in a world of joyous wealth. Fixing the state your…

Dog Daze

Sometimes I’m a mess, Full of anxious distress, Feeling dejected, Brain disconnected, Woe that’s difficult to express. By Paul Webster