Come and join Helen and find answers to questions or problems you have, through writing and creativity in this recording of our webinar that took place on 18th September.
Read moreI Just Wanted A Baby
I just wanted a baby
No! I don’t want you to try to fix me
And I don’t need your sympathy
All I ask is that you to listen to my story.
Read moreWearing My Heart On My Head
This painting started life as a doodle with a gel pen…
Read moreInvisible
Does anyone see me?
Do they notice the void?
Do they know that I’m broken?
Do they try to avoid?
Read moreOutlier
I’ll bawl again tomorrow, or maybe on Saturday.
Read moreHold You
I want to hold you.
Gently.
Fiercely.
And never put you down.
Magpies
One for sorrow
two for joy
three for a girl
four for a boy.
Small Hands
Small hands softly clutch
at wisps of hair,
whilst you nuzzle, peacefully
into my shoulder.
In my arms, you are safe.
Childless Grief
Can you take them,
these feelings that sit on my chest.
Stop them weighing me down,
so I can take a rest.
Read moreCreation
I forgive you
Read moreBadass Superstar
Back in July this year I was on holiday with my mum at my parents’ villa in Alicante. I awoke before dawn, as is my habit these days, and lay there in my bed, listening to the sounds of the countryside: a dog barking; cicadas buzzing in the trees; a cockerel heralding the new day. In my room, the aircon hummed methodically
Read moreImprint
I wrote these poems as a way of coming to terms with not being able to have children.
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