Poem: My Spoken Version
A few months ago, I wrote a poem catchily called 'Thank You to my Support Network' (that was clearly a bad day for creativity!). The poem was as a result of a few months of turmoil involving my health. During this time, I went under the radar, as I wasn't able to leave my home so became quite isolated. As a result of what was happening to me, I found myself with terrible periods of fatigue that left me unable to even think of picking up the phone to call people. What energy I did have was put into the only form of connectedness I had which was online, both through this blog and in online communities. These were wonderful life savers and I thank you, as part of my extended network, for allowing me the opportunity to be me. There is something so wonderful about the spoken word. The intonation and expression convey all of the emotion and subtle undertones of what is going on. After having received some really great feedback about my poem, I thought I'd vocalise it so her