This is a piece I wrote after a difficult shift at work (I work as a support worker for adults with Mental health issues, Mental disabilities and physical disabilities) One of our clients (As we have to call them) was crying, hit herself then walked over to a wall to bang her head………….

Bang; you try to beat the hurt out of your head,
Slap; longing for human touch even as you bled,
Butt; my whole life I bang my head on a unwieldy wall,
Punch; wish it could end as quick as I throw,

Hold me I need you, anybody to give me love,
A hug for the humbug of this bottomless unforgiving world
I don’t want this unlovely face to feel tears again,
Each drop a waste of food and you, need me,
Every grunt a loss of oxygen for those, want me,

I guess it’s true that the beautiful are the pearl of this oyster world.
But perhaps I am the grit that makes it all possible……

Originally posted on http://tairngir.tumblr.com/page/78

May 19 2009