14/09/2023
This is for “ARE YOU OK” day
Are you ok? 💛💛💛💛💛
And if you are not ok, speak up, there is always help available!
Beautiful poem by Troy Gerdes
THE BLACK DOG
A small black pup turned up at home several years ago
And why the Mongrel hangs around I honestly don’t know.
He put on weight, the day the bank said I was overdrawn.
When I was made redundant,
He put a little more weight on.
he’d come and go as life went on, though never far away
Just hanging in the shadows, in search of easy prey!
When work colleagues would put me down and treat me like a fool
He’d grumble in the background and his mouth would start to drool.
And now the countryside’s in drought and stock begin to die
The dog is black and shiny, with that hunger in his eye
The land is dry and burning and there’s not a cloud in sight
The dog keeps getting bigger and he’s blacker than the night!
But then the voice of reason,
comes from my eldest son
A head so filled with wisdom, from somebody so young.
“Why do you drag this dog around?
He’s never worked a day!”
He’s such a burden on your life,
Just send him on his way!
I’ve really tried to shake him off,
I’ve even fired a gun
But I can’t seem to hit him, and he doesn’t even run!
“ The problem is you’re feeding him, He’s never going to go
While you keep problems to yourself, he’s only going to grow.
They say “A problem shared is in fact a problem halved
So by cutting back his feed perhaps you’ll make the mongrel starve.
He may not go completely, if you feel his presence near
Remember strength in numbers, share your problems with your peers.
For Life’s to short to spend it with your chin against your chest,
SoTalk your problems over and give everyday your best.
Troy Gerdes
