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Stress


The bubonic stain of a modern era,

Many entries, 

Will drive a man up the wall, 

Totally crazy.

 

Very subtle in its origins,

Slowing it down isn't easy,

Effects, lots of a middle aged kind,

Taking life, eventually.

 

Physical signs are not always clear,

Emotional clues everywhere,

Shouting & Swearing at those you love,

Happens constantly.

 

Longer it goes, the worse you know,

Compounding effects, massively.

Feeling down, fight the effects, 

Always unhappy. 

 

Many solutions out there,

Keeping healthy,

Creating time out of a constant mix,

Slowly down, relatively.

 

Fitness bonanza everywhere,

Post your pic's on insta, many selfies,

Whats haeppenin to people nowadays, very self centred,

There's no community.

 

Days of years gone by, 

People digging in together, jointly,

Culture of life upside down, tech everywhere,

Connecting more globally.

 

Never before, many people unsure,

Being single & lonely,

Life has changed, no-one gives a fuck,

Culture shift, insanely. 

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WestLondonMan

Like a lot of us been through shitty parts in my life. In 2018 I was living in London, attending a part time acting school. It was a great time. Also I was presenting at an event, one of the tutors at the acting school took me under his wing and mentored me. Part of that process he taught me how to write poetry, or at least express myself through it. Now, I write a poem every day, I write for a hobby. I've had a varied career, the only thing I can say is writing is the best things I've ever done. I absolutely love it. Have got 14 publications on a short story website and launching my own website in December 2022, http://www.PeterGreenhall.com Feel free to add any comments. I hope you enjoy reading my poems as much as I enjoyed putting them together.

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