Next time I saw him he was watching the video again. "Loneliness ." he said. Following it then by, "Sad" I sat with him for a while. He told me he could feel the pain of many. "Its

. Fear came to visit me when I was 13 years old. In the shape of a bully in a school playground. He had some seeds which he wanted to plant deep in my future. I noticed him while this bully played out

He was quiet when I saw him again. Three weeks he had been in the desert, devoid of any life, any sound. I wasn't use to this silence. "Where is man most happy?" he asked me. "Desert or

When does this all stop. The poverty of ones mind. SAM sees it all . All the incomplete jigsaws. Some have lost their lids and have no idea how they go together. But here's the best bit. SAM sees beauty

The train was almost empty until it got to Oxford Street. Then seats became precious. SAM was reading everyone's minds. A pack of cards, insecure. Hopes denied. Fear was present. But why? SAM wished someone

Some wounds heal. But never those made by words. Even SAM gets shocked sometimes. By the things some do. He knows those who can see him. But they lie, have a shield, a resilience, well at lest for a while.

I saw him today, watching a down and out vomiting. He never took his eyes off this person. This hydrant of puke leaving the unfortunate man intrigued him but not with any caring concern, though he did

He's restless. It's Saturday. The busy time. Some will stay, some will leave and others will somehow hang on again. Wild are the young. Why? There's so many out there. Houses stacked with the lonely, hoping

He watched a couple arguing in the park today. Listened in on all their fears, all the patheticness of the human argument. He rode the tube with a heartbroken lady thinking dark thoughts. He watched a

He wants to say hello. SAM WILL TAKE YOU BECAUSE HE CAN. He wants you to say it too... will you? I saw him a thousand times tonight. In busy bars and restaurants. , whispering. In the eyes of the rich

So near the flames. Every time I say never but the next time I'm nearer. Does ultimate failure teetering on complete annihilation await me? Don't let art die here today, or tomorrow. For I am in fear.

Truth is... he never goes away. At night when you're checking for spiders, look, look hard and you will see. Work with him. Try it. Say it out loud if just once. SAM WILL TAKE YOU BECAUSE HE CAN ! SAM

SAM saw him. Lurking in the garden. Trying things, fixing things. He sung to him. SAM will take you because he can! Over and over again. Hammy ignored it but I know he heard him. Everyone does. I watched

HAMMY'S HERE Hammy returned today. I heard him,. Dangerously sneaked a look and saw the red car. Frida was here too. Later Tumble. Even though our hostilities are officially over, we both still have prisoners.

SAM'S HERE Don't be afraid. Did you hear him last night, whispering to you? SAM WILL TAKE YOU BECAUSE HE CAN! I saw him earlier. Amongst the cans stacked on the shelves in the supermarket. In the rustling

SAM'S HERE. We have to stop, before its too late Her talk was full of fear. I wanted her to release that fear. And there were moments. More! Can you see everything? Then SAM came. No! SAM will take you

SAM WILL TAKE YOU BECAUSE HE CAN! SAM WILL TAKE YOU BECAUSE HE CAN! I overheard a cab driver say it earlier for no particular reason to a woman in Bond Street. SAM will take you because he can! She managed

Ever seen him? Be very honest now, have you? Lurking in every dark recess, in every dark ally inside and outside your mind. Seen those that shout in the street. Branded with a popular name. They see him.

Big industrial drains frightened me. I would hold on tight to my mothers hand and lean over the edge of the dyke to stare at these industrial holes. Fall in and you will be sucked away. I wonder what the

LIVING WITH SOMEONE YOU COULDN'T TRUST BROKEN BUT NOT WANTING TO BE FIXED They were ripping the meat off the chicken legs before 11.00am. The grease on their fingers, spots on their grey tracksuit bottoms.