Get Behind Youth Mental Health
The North Ryde Fun Run is on Sunday 19 October 2014 from 9am to 2pm at the Macquarie University Sport Fields, corner of Culloden and Talavera Roads, Macquarie Park.
It is a community event organised by the Rotary Club of North Ryde, with venue partner Macquarie University. It is for fun walkers and runners, not for professionals.
The proceeds go to Australian Rotary Health to fund research into youth mental health and treatment programs. Why not join in the fun to raise awareness and some money.
It is important to care for the mental health of our young people. Between 2-5% of young people will suffer from anxiety. Young children with anxiety are 3-5 times more likely to develop teenage depression.Only $10 to enter see our entry form here!
Dark Reptiles
Dawn breaks bitter light
Stirring stone refuge once more
intruding again on broken sleep
Red eyes stare down the door
Movement doesn't come easy
Reticent to leave the source
Where can one go to find refuge?
Fate steer me that safer course
Inviting faces challenge the mask
The now freeing frame distracts
As routine brings timely release
In hiding the guarded facts
How can I improve my position here?
Can warmth not ease the doubt?
As the stalking dog ...he pads nearby
He's always, always, about.
Over the shoulder a shadow looms
night can't be far away...
Bent in regression a constant curse;
Call dark to shroud the day!
So bring me sleep to salve my life
In an all too brief reprieve
The gloom closes in yet sleep does not come
the subconscious defying the need
Where do you go; where do you go?
To escape this moribund place
Waiting for heat
from much needed sun
with a gripped gnarling face
epilogue:
The ones that I love
They take good care
They know the struggle in me
The ones that I love
They know me well but
Their love can't set me free
Forwarded from my I pad - Grahame J Flynn
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