Unremarkable, so far

This long poem is part memoir, part review. Like many people, the pandemic found me reflecting on life, the past and the future, which triggered a need to at least document who I am, and where I am, today. It is quite unflinching at times, but is also warm and honest. It picks up on some key moments and the changing emotions from growing up within the trials and joys of family during different era's. Picking up references in the intervening years from music, nature, and the local environment, the goal was to provide a story, where most of us feel there isn’t one, that each of us is full of memories and milestones, easily overlooked as we move through life. Reflecting on this reminds us of the space we occupy in our own and in others lives. I hoped to take a snapshot of life today, and use this as a way to recognise things that had been lost or buried, and those that still inform me today.