Table of Contents
The Responsibilities of a Snowdrop 1
Lost for Words 3
The Ant and the Ostrich 5
Ending It All 9
If You Choose Comfort 11
A Hidden Life' 13
A Hundred Days in Lockdown 15
No Birth Without Contraction 17
A Birth Continued… As I Awake 19
On Knowing How to Live and Love (dedicated to Mark - who does) 21
The Park Bench 23
Lecture Given to the Royal College of Psychiatrists: Dr Jean-Marc Mantel 25
The Roots of Love 27
The Pugilist 29
The Olive Tree 31
The Caterpillar and the Psychotherapist 33
The Purpose of a Rose 35
Silence Fulfilled 37
Not Separate 39
Man's Best Friend (for Bella and Maisie) 41
On Contrast 43
Dear Virus 45
Dear Human 47
Carpe Diem 49
Lily's Gift 51
By the Sea 53
But Not Seen
The Stickiness of Ego 55
Dear India 57
Tres haikus por favor 59
In Gratitude 61
We Need Darkness 63
In the Wind 65
For Sue 67
Für Muttichen 69
The Whirling Dervish 71
A Meditation 73
From Fiction to Freedom 75
The Thorns of Shame 77
No Ending 79