Category Archives: Mental Health

Sanity’s Search

Posted on July 8, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

Mental health; a state of mind but at times it’s hard to find. Though we always know it’s there sometimes we just don’t know where. So in our search we can go wrong and travel where we don’t belong. Finding … Continue reading →

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My Heart

Posted on June 12, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

“Come play out in the sunshine.” I once said to myself but then I knew I couldn’t reach my heart up on the shelf. It’s up there for safekeeping; but it’s also out of reach; it’s hidden to protect it … Continue reading →

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The Princess and the TV

Posted on May 18, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

The Princess in the house is married; to the box with a screen she is wed. ‘When she presses the magic ‘ON’ button it’s like the rest of the world is all dead. She stares at that screen as in … Continue reading →

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Life’s Joys

Posted on March 4, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

“Ah! I need solitude. I have come forth to this hill at sunset to see the forms of the mountains in the horizon.” Henry Thoreau. My mind is overwhelmed at times; Devastation – humanities crimes. It’s then I need to … Continue reading →

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Doing – Quick – Being – Slower

Posted on March 4, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

It never moves in still life; the constancy is there; this image is everything – still and stark and bare. I see it and I know this is where beauty lies; the beauty of stillness , where Doingness just dies. … Continue reading →

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chaos and creativity

Posted on November 19, 2016 by a foolhardy florilegium

Chaos and creativity; the twins within my mind; they fly so close to madness that sanity they bind. A Gordian Knot tied with problems to answers yet unknown is wrapped around my heart at times, to test the seeds it’s … Continue reading →

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Them Folk

Posted on November 18, 2016 by a foolhardy florilegium

What makes them tick, the folk I see; one wonders what they want to be. Locked up fast within their mind; is this cruel or is this kind. Everyone’s allowed to be happy, alive and always free.

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The road to Hell

Posted on October 27, 2016 by a foolhardy florilegium

There’s a path I’ve heard that runs through Hell; some come out crippled, others well. Along this long meandering way there are signs that we can play. But as folk wander down this trail the beauty that it has does … Continue reading →

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This World

Posted on October 15, 2016 by a foolhardy florilegium

The suffering that is this world makes futures plain to see; a world where we can be anything, as long as it’s not “free”. A world designed to crush us beneath this constant weight of fear and pain and punishment … Continue reading →

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Him

Posted on July 16, 2016 by a foolhardy florilegium

There’s many of us know him well; he makes our lives a living hell. He’s always there, both day and night hidden just beyond our sight. But always though we cannot see he never will just let us be. The … Continue reading →

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Nefarious

Posted on July 16, 2016 by a foolhardy florilegium

Why does it come so from the rear with footsteps we can never hear. We think we’re doing Oh so well; behind us grows a living hell. ‘Nefarious’ that is its name, destroying lives that is its game. It builds up … Continue reading →

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The Bowl

Posted on May 11, 2016 by a foolhardy florilegium

The bowl overwhelms me – there is no other place; the bowl is blank and drear, just like my haggard face. They tell me it’s still out there – the world of my youth, I hear consoling words but can’t … Continue reading →

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Play

Posted on January 31, 2016 by a foolhardy florilegium

I feel the pain that is my heart disolve before this Mindful art. Embracing thoughts that I can feel applies a salve I know will heal. Perhaps one day I’ll even be alive enough to feel I’m free. I know … Continue reading →

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Searching (reflections at New Year)

Posted on December 31, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

Sometimes I miss those days of bliss when songs were sung and bells were rung. The joyous search for our spirit’s church. Life’s true meaning we were gleaning through the haze that filled our days. Our hearts were strong just … Continue reading →

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The Man In The Moon

Posted on December 25, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

The Man In The Moon smiles down at me and daily sets my spirit free. I know that somehow there’s a way I can learn what he has to say and in the wisdom of moonbeams is the stuff that … Continue reading →

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