There Is No Normality… Only Different Shades And Depths Of Existence And Experience

by Paul Tristram / September 17th, 2017

It all boils down to character and personality,
coloured and flavoured by lessons learnt or ignored,
along Life’s strange, crooked pathways.
You evolve or stagnate, flow or rupture,
all is Change and Change is everything!
No one remains the same longer than an Action,
unless stubbornly repeating unhelpful cycles.
That ‘Stingy Nettle’ stung, that ‘Fire’ burnt,
the ‘Liar’ lied and the ‘Player’ played you…
now, off you go, better and stronger than before,
armed with the power of knowledge and experience.
I like my Scars… they show that I have lived
and not shied away from anything.
Nothing is ever ‘Carved In Stone’ except Birth and Death,
all in between is mere chance, opportunity and gamble.
The clever man points judging fingers inwards…
but, only for constructive reasons.
Negativity, depression, insecurity and grief
are not ABSOLUTES to be endured
but, unpleasant trials to be fought your way through.

Paul Tristram is a widely published Welsh writer who deals in the Lowlife, Outsider, and Outlaw genres.  He wrote his first poem as a teenager following his release from the (Infamous) Borstal ‘HMP Portland’, and he has been creating Literary Terrorism ever since.  His novel ‘Crazy Like Emotion’ published by Close To The Bone Publishing is available to purchase right here Read other articles by Paul, or visit Paul's website.

This article was posted on Sunday, September 17th, 2017 at 8:04am and is filed under Poetry.