People Like Me
written by: Henry Bladon
Everywhere there are people like me.
Gentle but fragile.
Worrying
about everything and nothing.
One day I will be whole and enjoy
the lightness I used
to know.
Before I was like this.
I have dreams
to drink again from
a pure stream.
When things will be okay.
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:
This is a poem inspired by ‘My Little Underground’, a piece by Dutch artist Marcel Herms.
Henry is a writer of all types of fiction based in Somerset in the UK. He has a PhD in creative writing from the University of Birmingham and runs a writing support group for people with mental health issues. His work has been in entropy, 50WordStories, Bloodaxe, The Ekphrastic Review, thedrabble and FridayFlashFiction among other places.
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