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Plays on the Mind/Autumn Leaves at Barons Court Theatre - Fringe

2011-05-26T09:16:00.000+01:00

Plays on the Mind/Autumn Leaves at Barons Court Theatre - Fringe

The Big C

2011-04-09T17:07:00.002+01:00

We thought you had gone,
5 years in January,
but you were hiding,
waiting to ponce on our happiness,
we thought you were gone!

We hoped you had gone,
no pain, no hints,
but you came back
we hoped you had gone!

We didn't want you back
you are evil and sick
bringing fear and tears
we didn't want you back!

We will fight you again
you cannot win
whatever happens
we will fight you again.

Come and see my Plays! :)

2011-03-22T23:15:00.001Z

CP Theatre presents:
Plays On The Mind & Autumn Leaves by Michael Sands
Dates: 24 May to 29 May
Tickets: £12 (£8 concessions)
Venue: Barons Court Theatre, 28A Comeragh Road, Fulham,
London W14 9HR
Bookings: 020 8932 4747 / boxoffice@cp-theatre.org.uk

No Title

2010-10-20T21:14:00.001+01:00

A shadow in the moonlight,
Here she comes to me,
We sit and talk about it all,
And out in the distance, a dream is over,
One I've been working for.

Bleed

2010-10-09T12:48:00.001+01:00

Writing is in my blood,
I bleed words!

Bill Hicks Raving.

2010-10-09T12:25:00.002+01:00

I sense them trying to change me
day by day to be like them
Boring adults with no lunacy
Why would I want to be like that?
no freedom of expression
safe
secure
compliant
I want to push the boundaries
make them see the way
Show them Bill Hicks raving
I wish he was here to save the day.

Mr Grimsdale!

2010-10-05T13:39:00.000+01:00

RIP SIR NORMAN WISDOM!

Autumn Leaves

2010-10-04T21:31:00.000+01:00

It's Autumn and trees are crying leaves onto the pavement.

Thoughts via Genesis!

2010-09-30T18:29:00.001+01:00

I remember all the moments that I've wasted in my life
All the things I was always going to do
Why is it now, when it's too late
That I finally realise what's important to me
To think everything that's dear to me
And is always in my heart
Could so easily be taken
And it's tearing me apart
Going over and over in my mind
I relive it one second at a time.

2 minutes of fame!

2010-09-30T18:23:00.003+01:00

Check out my cameo in a short film by Miriam Rowe & Home Grown Stories.

It was great fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4puMKMgW3M

Is it fair?

2009-11-11T18:50:00.002Z

A creeping barrage of guilt and shame,
Comes closer to my fragile frame,
I cannot run, I cannot hide,
From the truth that burns me from the inside.

Do you know, do you care,
is it even fair?
that you must suffer this creeping barrage too,
in the name of love and trust
that we always share.

Free

2009-07-10T16:00:00.007+01:00

I fly in my sleep
through towns & cities
down rivers & seas
no rules
no laws
no violence
no wars
free of pain
free of regret
my heart beats faster
I fall to towards the ground
BOOM
I wake with a start
I'm back in that room
machines beeping
my body not working
I want to be gone
I want to be free
I want to fly forever
but life won't allow me to be.

Putting things in sharp focus!

2009-07-08T20:02:00.003+01:00

I have just come out of the worst depression I have ever experienced. All built up by my job loss, looking extensively for a new one and going straight into a new job that I am not too happy with.

I felt nothing, I wanted to see no one and I just kept thinking about how 'unlucky' I was!

Then on Sunday I decided enough was enough and I have tried since then to think only positive things and smile. But as the title of this entry says I saw something on TV that put things into sharp focus, it was a programme on teenagers with cancer on channel 4.

These brave people are going through the worse possible pain and sickness but have so much dignity and spirit. The one that still sticks in my mind was a girl who had a brain tumor and was hoping to go home in 4 weeks after her treatment finished. She was so brave, so bright, then she suddenly died in her mother's arms!

I suppose my message to myself and too other with depression is yes it's a hard path we walk but it is nothing compared to what these teenagers and other go through on a daily basis.

We are healthy, we are lucky and we are alive. Every breath we take is something we should treasure, look around and see the world for all the possibilities it can offer, you never know what's around the corner!

?

2009-05-09T14:29:00.001+01:00

Am I the man behind the glasses?
or
The glasses behind the man?

Gag of the day!

2009-05-04T17:21:00.002+01:00

Two cannibals are eating by an open fire,
One says to the other "I don't like your wife!"
The other looks up and says "Well, just eat your chips then!"

The Black Dog

2009-03-31T20:16:00.004+01:00

I'm struggling tonight with my depression. It hit me really hard today, sort of crept up on me about 10am like a stalking menace.

I try & fight it but I never seem to win, I feel like I'm being dragged off into a cell to be beaten and as much as I try and break free I have to wait for the door to be slightly open then I can make my escape.

It's quite lonely in this cell.

Thoughts from the tattooist's chair

2009-03-29T09:34:00.002+01:00

Got inked yesterday & I'm really happy with the result.

Sat in the chair for a whole hour whilst the guy drew on me leaving a permanent statement about me & who I am. "Be not afraid of greatness" not much ambiguity there!

My mind wandered back, thinking about the last 15 years & I realised how much I had changed, my God, so much change. From a quiet unconfident Doctor Who fan who couldn't even look at women let alone talk to them to now not being able to stop talking to anyone, anywhere, anytime. I just love chatting especially if I can make them laugh or smile, Addicted to finding out about people that's what a friend said to me once and he would be right. I'm making up for lost time, to many years just sitting on my arse watching TV and not discovering the most amazing thing - LIFE.

So looking forward to my 40th in October, feels like I can finally draw a line under that old life and be the guy who will do things.

Life begins at 40

So true in my case!.

2009-03-18T07:58:00.002Z

My eyes see you in black & white,
My heart wants you in colour.

2009-03-14T09:40:00.001Z

When you look into the window of a house,
you are looking into the owners soul.

When did my life begin?

2009-03-10T19:11:00.001Z

Am I the egg?
Am I the sperm?
Am I the uterus?
Am I the blood?
Am I the bones?
Am I the head?
Am I the brain?
Am I the hands?
Am I the eyes?
Am I the ears?
Am I the mouth?
Am I the voice?
Am I actually here at all?

Etchings of a life.

2009-03-07T16:54:00.003Z

I'm sitting on the park bench again. Hot, sweaty & out of breath. I've been running. Yes my usual morning run! Strange though that I didn't see the usual faces must be a first, especially Polly.
I always run some of the way with her, she always talks about her boyfriend and how wonderful he is.
Yes Polly. We run together, up to Hyde Park at least.
But not today.
At least I don't think so?

Home now and had a shower, don't remember having the shower though, but I'm dressed and putting my tie on.
It's 7.15am, plenty of time to talk to Laura, my Fiancé. We have been going through a rough patch recently, can't remember why but she isn't talking to me.
She just walks past me, no kiss, no smile.
She looks in the mirror, her face is sad, what did I do? What can I say to make it right?
I go to the top of the stairs, but I’m too late, she is closing the front door.
I could have shouted out. I should have shouted out.
Why didn’t I?

In the kitchen having breakfast, or have I had breakfast? I feel full so I must have.
The TV is on. They are talking about the Olympic Stadium.
Amazing it seems like only yesterday they announced London as the winning city.
My mind drifts to Laura.
What can I do to make her happy again?
I will have to find a way.

I check my watch its 8.33am, I’m walking down the street to the station.
Don’t even remember leaving the house.
The street is crowded and people seem to surround me, why won’t they get out of my way?

Passing the newspaper vendor but for some reason I don’t buy a paper, I always buy a paper!
No wait, I have one in my hand, must have got it without thinking.
Down the escalator and past the busker, I give him my usual morning nod but he ignores me,
must be having a bad morning.
I smile as I see the train arriving, good timing on my part and I congratulate myself!

On the train, paper open on my lap.
How did I get a seat?
When did I sit down?
I look around. Everybody is doing their own thing. A young girl is listening to her ipod, the guy next to her reading a book, a couple kissing in the corner
and….another man….he’s getting up from his seat….we’re not near the next station yet….He’s opening his ruck sack….he’s…..

White light
Darkness
Pain
Screaming
Smoke
Can’t breath
Feel cold
Feel numb
Feel nothing
Silence

I'm sitting on the park bench again. Hot, sweaty & out of breath. I've been running. Yes my usual morning run….

Names are for Tombstones

2009-03-03T18:25:00.000Z

Names are for tombstones,

cold and forgotten,

moss overgrowing the granite,

covering names that once lived.

People walk past them,

not caring who they were,

who they loved,

who they hated.

So many tombstones,

so many names,

stop and look sometimes,

one day they will walk past you too.

Say what?

2009-03-03T12:54:00.001Z

Some of the funniest things people I know have said:

Yvonne: I don't like tuna it smell like fish!

Dad: Theirs a phone number on the back of this picture, I might give them a call.
Mum: You can't do that.
Dad: Why?
Mum: They may be dead!

Jose: Old people should be shot at birth!

Nick: Is it me or is it moist?

Tracey using the George Foreman grill:
That turned out nice, I will use that George Formby grill tomorrow!

She calms my soul.

2009-03-02T22:13:00.000Z

Every time I see her,

every time I touch her,

she calms my soul.

Every time she speaks,

every time she smiles,

she calms my soul.

Every time I kiss her,

Every time I make love to her,

she calms my soul.

Every time she holds me,

every time she comforts me,

she calms my soul.

Every time my heart beats,

every time my pulse quickens,

she calms my soul.

She IS my soul.