Found this from, I assume, during lockdown
For me, poetry is therapy...
Have you ever been on a busy train (before lockdown) and wanted to disappear? Shrink into the walls so that no one can see you?
Feeling like I am an alien and simply don't fit in has become so deeply entrenched in me that I don't ever question those beliefs.
Feeling lonely in a crowded room. That's one of the worst things. Like no one 'gets you' or understands.
I have written poetry to try and express my fears and the modern art graffiti - style (but less beautiful) mess that is my brain! Poetry has also helped to give me purpose, has enabled me to start to articulate feelings that unsettle me and has given me the motivation to fight...