By Laurie Wilkinson
To have a spark for life is vital
To gain fulfilment true,
And a sense of achievement
With the many things you do.
For though all people have one
Some are left to wilt and die,
Or because they’re lost in sorrow
Will drown and cannot try
To combust or kick start life
That lives in an empty shell,
For only flints that keep sparking
Can help us truly to excel.
But some people become jaded
And wearied by their road,
With heavy heart and failing soul
They’ve collapsed beneath their load,
So no longer have their spark
Or make any attempt to rise,
Which will only bring contempt
For someone who never tries.
Sometimes if we are besieged
By worries and troubles both,
We feel that we are strangled
With a deadly cancers growth.
But by fighting on and trying
To escape from consuming dark,
We can succeed and flourish
When we regain our spark.
So with our spark regained
We can really be on song,
As we go about our days
Knowing we can do no wrong.
Author Bio:
Originally from East London, I now live in Eastbourne and am known as The Psychy Poet due to my expansive career in psychiatry in which I have a forensic psychiatry degree.
I have published 15 books of my poetry, and alongside entertaining, which includes reading my poems on cruise ships, I donate all above my costs to the charity Help for Heroes. At present my total raised is over £11,5oo and rising.
My poems have won awards and been published in national newspapers, magazines, online publications and regular columns of mine. I have guested on BBC Radio frequently and other local stations too. A national radio read my poems out as well.
My books are mostly in four sections of romance, humour, reflection and tragedy and I also write many poems on commission.
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