Writing: The Process

Idea: Sleep
First step: Random words associated with the idea
Second step: Build each word into a list of phrases
Third step: Build the phrases into sentences

At some point, your thoughts will springboard into a creative writing process
and you can move safely away from the structured approach. When this happens,
run with it. When the running with it runs out, stop and return to your lists
for more inspiration.

Thursday, 21 May 2015

Fear and Loneliness, The age of Homelessness

Loss of payment isn't a problem, but you're trying to get at me.

You've got no money, you don't matter. You don't count.

Inconsistencies do not help the situation. You can see the underlying problem may be proper schooling - but they prefer to just hand out the money.

I got no letters, no emails, no text messages.  But I got their message anyway -  you missed this appointment. And now you're back on the street. Nowhere to sleep. So you drive around the town - you won't lock these people up.

You people, you sit in front of a computer all day and tell me quit my job and go study- your pathway to success is to learn not earn. So I quit my job and it was a lot of help - NOT!.

Money doesn't buy you happiness. I need help now. It's all so much loss and pain.

It's not safe, it's confusing. I'm taking my pain out on people that actually care. You don't understand.

Now I'm sleeping rough, I'm sleeping tough, with a 12 gauge in a sack as my pillow.

I'm pushing people away.

The pain creates everything. Divorce, the grief, of losing someone. It creates the pain, the depression. I have to live with the pain and grief everyday. If you don't know how to deal with it you are one step closer to the gutter. But I was lucky - I was strong enough to get up and fight.

I'm back in town now, off the streets, for now.

Everyone has a right. Why isn't shelter a right? Why isn't Australia taking notice?




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