"Therapy"

Last night I felt so small

This evening I’m not so tall
But I’ve grown
And held my own
Just by reading poetry.
Yesterday’s disaster
Could not have been
Erased faster
As I gave it a go
Warming with an
Inner glow.
From my Kentish Town
Mega cock-up
I’ve learnt a lot
To succeed I’ve got to
Give it all I’ve got.
And the way out just now
Someone said
They like the one
About the giraffe
A perfect
Pick-me-up tonic
That made me laugh.
 
Dulwich Poet 13^th February 2014
 
(I read two poems tonight, at the Open Mic evening, at Peckham Library, as part of the ‘Southwark Libraries Rhyme and Reason 5’ poetry festival events.  I read the one about a giraffe that was such a disaster last night, but it seemed to go ok, which made me feel better about myself.)