I had an episode in 2015, where I thought that my life was over. Looking back it was a turning point that left me beginning a slow journey back into the world. Family, friends and professionals were patient and supportive and eventually I made it back. I wrote many poems during this time and this selection charts the journey from the inside of my head back into matters of the world. I’ve left the different font sizes and clumsy capitalisation and punctuation as they are. The reason being that it shows the faulty circuitry that, I feel, adds to the poetry. Never lose hope. It does get better. Paul