January 12, 2014

A Day of Creativity at the Avenue

Our Avenue service is one of several centres that offers support to people struggling with mental health issues in Liverpool. The Avenue’s Singing and Creative Writing group recently performed at the centre’s birthday celebration during October.

The singing performance was about 10 minutes long and afterwards the group read a poem they had written with creative writing facilitator Tracy Aston about the service. We’ve shared this really lovely tribute to the team and service below.

The Avenue

Without you there’s no reason to get to my feet,
within you, together, we smile as we greet,
no need to hide our own private grief,
we’re all on a journey to re-build self-belief.

Without you, we’d feel completely alone,
no listening ear at the end of the phone.
Within you I’m starting to find the old me,
getting out and about with new places to see.

Now the fog lifts and with it, despair,
a glimmer of sun makes things easier to bear.
Life’s cruel game becomes a thing of the past,
having given us so much we hope The Avenue will last.