Yesterday, I had the great pleasure of attending TEDxManchester. It was a fascinating, inspiring day and my brain is still mulling over all the interesting ideas that were presented. Eventually – when I’ve had time to fully digest the day – I will write a post sharing some of my favourite ideas and take-aways. As I’ve been letting it all swirl around in my head, the core theme of the day – Unconventional Wisdom – kept coming back to me and, slowly, the poem below emerged. So until I get around to a proper write up, I leave you with this:

It’s time

To thinkstep outside

That box.

The one you didn’t even know

Was there

But which is starting to cramp

Your styledream.

I know,

When you look at it,

You see those huge black walls

And think

No one can possibly climb them.

The walls lie.

They’re nothing more

Than pencil smudges.

You only need to

Grow

And you will see from a different

P

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R

S

P

E

C

T

I

V

E.

Suddenly, your confidence

Lends you height,

And you’re looking down on those

Bigsmall

Blackgrey

Linesmudges

And you realise

They – in all their insignificance –

Are all that stands

Between you

And a glorious

Blank page.