If I’d been able to find the words, Would you be here to disagree?

That’s not a ship It’s your life, Passing you by As you watch from the bay.

Running a racket Making a packet Sure that you’ll crack it If you’ve got your jacket.

And what you should read before it happens — Have you ever been on holiday and realised you took a woefully inadequate supply of holiday reading? That happened to me last month. Luckily my niece was travelling with me and she had a book she wasn’t reading; The Delusions of Crowds, Why People Go Mad In Groups, by William…

Whispered warnings, Testing awnings, Ropes and rocks can only creak.

For the last four years, my life was in decline. But the last six months have been the best I’ve had in longer than I recall. A lot has changed, and now I get to be happy. Two nights ago, I got up at midnight and danced around the house…

Life has been kind to me today Life has definitely been happening to me, and not for me. I’ve been a passive subject. Powerless. Today, for some reason, life seemed to listen and stop being a bitch. And it’s about time. It’s about time things started going in the right…

I can’t see how it works I keep getting it wrong, Maybe all I need Is to put my glasses on. How could it be that simple Is that all it takes? If it is I can’t see why We make so many mistakes. I always paid attention I was the best in every class, I’m still trying to figure out How I keep being surpassed. I carefully consider Weigh up and analyze, I’d never done things recklessly And I keep coming last.

Wouldn’t it be nice I thought To be one of the thinkers, Content in my own universe A racehorse wearing blinkers.