making sense of my world
by artist Helen Shaddock

Poetry and prose

Speedy Gonzales

It takes a lot to stop me

It is my time

I’m in my own world

Absorbed in an audiobook

Concentrating on a podcast

Trying to solve today’s issues

Figuring stuff out

Dealing with the voices

There she goes. Speedy Gonzales

I storm straight past

If I stop, I will freak out

Can’t manage interruptions

Frustrated by red men, I pace up and down the street until they turn green

Stopping is unsettling

It means resetting and restarting