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Craig Field
Mar 28, 20242 min read
Poem #52 - The Demons Whispered In My Ear
Again this one is about overcoming adversity, whether that be a mental illness, or anything else. It does not mattter what it is! If you...
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Craig Field
Mar 28, 20242 min read
Poem #47 - I Saw Your Pain
We never quite know what is really going on in someone's life until we ask the (sometimes) difficult question, "Are you ok?" And...
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Craig Field
Mar 28, 20241 min read
Poem #46 - It's Just a Conversation
Continuing the theme of "it's just a conversation" started in the previous post, here is the one specifically about that. No more to be...
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Craig Field
Mar 28, 20241 min read
Poem #45 - Where Darkness Meets the Light
While teaching my classes about Mental Health First Aid, I try to emphasise that "it's just a conversation that shows you care." This is...
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Craig Field
Mar 28, 20242 min read
Poem #44 - Chasing
Another attempt at describing the being chased by "The Black Dog" and the Demons that reside in our heads. It was around this time that I...
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Craig Field
Mar 28, 20243 min read
Poem #42 - A Life AND Poem #43 - Lost In Endless Night
These are about a Veteran. Someone I know well, and to be frank this story could easily be mine. When I sat down and went through the...
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Craig Field
Mar 28, 20241 min read
Poem #35 - The Chase
Winston Churchill was the first person to refer to depression as "The Black Dog" and thus that is how Black Dog Rides mascot, Winston got...
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Craig Field
Mar 28, 20241 min read
Poem #34 = Set Your Mind Free
One of the mental illnesses I was diagnosed with was Generalised Anxiety Disorder. Now everyone experiences anxiety from time to time,...
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Craig Field
Mar 28, 20241 min read
Poem #33 - Fire
I believe we all have a fire inside us, something that drives us to do whatever it is we do. Some people let the rain drops of life...
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Craig Field
Mar 28, 20241 min read
Poem #32 - I'm Tired
Written on a day when I was tired. Emotionally, physically, mentally. I was done for the day. And then I thought, "I need to share this."...
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Craig Field
Mar 28, 20242 min read
Poem #31 Magic of Life
Music has always been a big part of my life. As a child I was forced to learn to play the keys, but didn't really commit to it as I wish...
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Craig Field
Mar 25, 20242 min read
Poem #30 Shadows Cast
Mental health, domestic abuse, and childhood trauma are all closely linked. The people caught up in darkness of any abusive situation...
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Craig Field
Mar 25, 20242 min read
Poem #23 Someday, somewhere, someone
Inspired by a poem written by a young lady that my partner worked with. She wrote this awesome poem about losing her brother to suicide....
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Craig Field
Mar 25, 20242 min read
Poem #22 Invisible Battles
I started thinking that I needed to write more about what I am passionate about, and that I needed to have content that was more...
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Craig Field
Mar 25, 20243 min read
Poem # 21 We are one
This is probably the poem I like the most out of all of them. (so far) This was written at a time when there was a lot arguing between...
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Craig Field
Feb 15, 20242 min read
Poem #18 - Guardians of the land
So like many of my generation, I grew up in a fairly racist community. It's not that we were practicing white supremacists, we were just...
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Craig Field
Feb 15, 20242 min read
Poem #17 - Sunsets & Starlight
So coming to the conclusion that I can't be a rockstar, and my life will ultimately be a lot more mundane, AND this is the biggie - the...
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Craig Field
Feb 15, 20241 min read
Poem #16 - Rock'n'Roll Fire
In keeping with my desire to be a rockstar, and inspired in part by the Nickleback song and U2's ZOO TV tour, where rock and roll excess...
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Craig Field
Feb 11, 20241 min read
Poem #15 - Let's Go
Dreams of being a rock star, except that I can't sing and cant really play an instrument. (Well I can play the keys badly) But that...
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Craig Field
Feb 11, 20242 min read
Poem #14 - Strong & True
There is a young woman out there that I did not pay enough attention too as she was growing up, and by the time I wanted to be a big part...
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