Page 2 - Life in Lyrics

FOREWORD

Welcome to a small glimpse into my life, revealed through my
poetry and lyrics. Just to prove you’re never too old to learn some-
thing new. I am 58 this year and have been writing for three years
now.

I began writing in the summer of 2016, as I discovered that
writing poetry helped me to focus my thoughts and stop them
from running away with me. I developed PTSD after a particularly
difficult time at work, when I suffered a nervous breakdown from
the stress I was under. I tried very hard to hold down my job, but
after a year of feeling like I was wading through treacle and being
totally incapable of making any headway I lost my job, and my
sanity rapidly spiralled downwards from there.

PTSD changed my life completely. I became very introverted, I
developed irrational phobias, some of which which I still fight to
overcome, it wrecked my sleep completely, sent me into panic
attacks over trivial things, and eventually I left my marriage be-
hind me too, walking away from everything I had in an effort to
find myself again.

My biggest help in overcoming some of my issues, especially
overwhelming thoughts, was to sit at my laptop and write. I
found myself drawn to images, and from these images I was able
to write verses of poetry. Then I decided to push myself further
and though I’m in no way musical I wanted to learn to write lyrics.
So these are some of my efforts that I put together, and would like
to share with you all. There are so many more, this is my first col-
lection.

I also write my own online lyrics magazine which you can find on
my website: www.writeawaymagazine.co.uk

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