#Octpowrimo #Broken
more than one penny dropped
on the fall to the ground
vision went haywire while
every single memory
moved around like scrambled eggs
expectation – another rendezvous with the
neurological ward
to fix the problems caused by the drop
Salford , 30th July 2019
Basic and spinal injury centre, Salford.
We’ve all played the board game of snakes and ladders before
The idea is you roll the dice, go up the ladders and down the snakes
all very straight forward , but has anyone tried playing it the other way round ?
Where you go up the snakes and down the ladders ?
It’s just as fun – and requires a lot of concentration – as you hit a ladder at the top and find yourself going down it instead of up.
We played it both ways – the reverse game is a lot more challenging.
In response to Fandango’s one word challenge
Perhaps, the pesky little twinges will
Run off and go somewhere else
Only time will tell….till then you’re
Not moving , in the
Expectation those pests will get bored
Salford, 16th November 2018
Sat in the dental chair
With a little bit of trepidation
Each square ivory, wiggled, scraped, and prodded
As the dentist checked for excavation
Reaction to the prodding….censored
It’s not as if they could see the hole or
Nerve they hit
Got to admit, you could hear the cry from beyond the surgery
Woken up by waterworks
On the mark of quarter to five
Kept awake by the familiar sound of
Excited cats finding food on the
Night prowl
Unless my head hits the
Pillow soon, i won’t be good to anyone
As pins and needles bite my feet
Golden slumbers seem far away
Aching bones rest on a thousand pocket springs
In a vain attempt I’ll sleep through the rest of
Night time
if you
never wash your hands after
firing out a cold from nose or mouth , there’s an
expectation that the
cold germs might spread
towards someone you love
eleven or more herbs and spices
lovingly combined with fruits
in a tonic, that might just
x..tricate those nasty horrible germs
in your system , and make you feel
right in yourself again
Perhaps you say, it could have magical properties
as the recipe has been passed down the generations for years
notably, it reaches parts your chemists cold cures dont
and it’s tasty to the person that’s eating it
changes to little things like seasonings, are expected through time but
everybody knows the core of chicken, onion and carrot
and mum and dad know – they’ll have empty bowls and seconds asked for
Salford, 17th September 2017
Someone should have
Told the sun worshipper to not go near that hive
Instead they went on a honey hunt – and met some angry bees
Note – they were whisked straight off to First aid –
“Got to tell you” – said the nurse – this is going to hurt…..
September 2017
A reflection of recovery from a spell in a hospital neurology ward
Call it a hill,
you don’t want to climb
you just have to.
that hillface is sharp and craggy
and good heavens – is it steep
but there’s no escaping it
those pesky birds
with their sharpened beaks
enough to make you stop
but what lies at the top
of this mountainous climb
beats diamonds, silver or gold
You’re climbing a mountain
without moving from your bed
The prize ? Those first few steps forward
Another Thought on my TBI : Broken Biscuits & Jigsaw Puzzles
