SHOPPING WITH ME
Tried to do some shopping today
Hellfire, what was I thinking,
Woke up this morning
And it hurt, just blinking.
Dark specs, earplugs in,
Trying to keep out all of the din
Kids in the corner calling for dad
Tells them ‘be quiet’
For that I’m so glad
Too many lights, background chatter
Tanoy’s blasting out
The message doesn’t matter
It’s all lost to me whatever’s being said
I can’t process words in my swirling head
All my senses scream at me loud
Having to make choices, too many voices
In my head forms a thickening dark cloud
Now comes the pain to every nerve end
Can’t make out the messages they send
Now I’m hearing voices
I think they’re mine
Get yourself home, where you’ll be fine
I’m fit to drop, gotta stop
Stopped……..
By Bill Clayton
©2017