It is ok

to have a bad day

to feel sad and down

and want to cry and frown

It is ok

to have a good day

to be happy and bright

from morning until night

It is ok

to have a mixed day

to have mixed moods and feelings

just to get through your dealings

It is ok

to live every day

from January to December

you are important remember

It is ok

whatever the day

be kind to yourself 

and look after your mental health

It will be ok

Suzanne collects a handmade hardback book

She will be presented with this at the House of Lords on the 1st May 2013

Congratulations from all of us at !!

Her work will feature in The Yellow Book going nationwide

Selected Poetry Entries for The Yellow Book please click the titles to view:

1. I Feel Life – Ella Zellaby – Rochester Kent
2. This World – Stephanie Rose – Bo’ness Scotland
3. Lift Your Voice – David Holloway – Bedford
4. Mirror – Saiqa Parveen – Halifax
5. With Good Mental Health – Anne Broadbent – West Yorkshire
6. Meadering – Peter McGrath – Essex
7. Senses – Jade Tullet – Berkshire
8. The Wren – Ian Curtress – Cheltenham
9. Recovery – Lesley Burt – Dorset
10. A Home in my Head – Karen Mason – Surrey
11. Freedom is Ours – Gemma Rose – East Sussex
12. Beauty – Debee Ebeneezer – Nottingham
13. It is Ok – Suzanne Bate – Liverpool
14. Happiness is Gratitude – Lisa Barry – Rhondda Cynon Taft
15. I’ve Changed – Louise Gillett – Christchurch Dorset
16. Sunny Side Up – Karim Harvey – London
17. Proud to be me – Denise Claxton – Essex
18. Daylight after Rain – John Campbell – London
19. I Can See The Colour and I Can Feel The Sun – Elizabeth Aldous – Luton
20. Free To Be Me – Diana Hayes – Abergavenny
21. Bus Journey – Safoora Masood – Halifax
22. There Once Was a Young Girl From Wales – Katy Young – Flintshire
23. See the Flowers Beneath Your Feet – Anonymous
24. I Know – Kauser Parveen – Halifax

Congratulations from all of us at !!

With good mental health I have,

Everything.

The sun can shine at night.

Dreams are free to chase the days

And days are free to chase the dream.

No longer fearful but fearless.

Silence is a blanket I rest easy in. No more will I kick off the sheets;

Anything to make a noise,

Anything to be heard.

‘Alone’ is a lonely island, on which I no longer live.

My horizon grew bigger, the view stretches wider than I could ever have hoped.

With good mental health I have found all of these things and more.

I have found you.

I have found me.

I am beginning to love myself

I am beginning to like myself

Accepting my flaws

Acknowledge my faults

To look around

To see that I am not alone

To reach out

For help

Instead of living in the shadows

On a good day, i dont ask for perfection.

I dont ask for emotional balance or the patience to deal with my problems.

On a good day, i dont ask for the support of my familiy.

I don’t ask for the compassion and understanding of others, and I dont try to fit in.

On a good day, i simply am.

A sentient passenger on a  on a journey of immesurable complexity and distance.

On a good day, i help others achieve perfection.

I help others to handle their emotions and take on their problems one by one.

On a good day, i reciprocate the tender love of those cloest to me.

I teach others the virtue of compassion and the empowerment of indaviduality..
 

With good mental health

I have the ability to cope with all that life throws in my path.

The strength to fight for what I know is right.

The will to carry on in all situations.

And faith in my fellow man.

A healthy body that’s good and strong

I now recognise the pain

That leads to it wrong

A healthy mind that knows itself

Memories in files

Not sitting on shelves

A social life with friends profuse

A forgiving heart

No room for abuse

A spiritual flight with no ceiling to thwart

Higher and higher

With good care and support

SILVER LININGS

I opened windows,

saw silver linings,

the sky brightening.

I knocked on the door of the day.

In its new frame of mind

it didn’t turn me away;

it pulled up a chair

and asked me to stay.

I took control,

I walked tall.

I had faith

in what I was worth.

I have peace.

I am safe.

I am me.

I am happy.

Anne Broadbent

With good mental health I have,

A better understanding of my world.

I have a clearer vision of my world,

I feel like I can see with both my eyes.

The world is a yellow place,

Instead of a black one.