Swanage, Dorset, October 2010 Dear Anyone, Sometimes when I close my eyes all I see is darkness, there is just nothing there, not the slightest glimpse of the faintest shadow. Not long ago I could have seen just about anything behind my closed lids, even if it was just the sun illuminating my face. Shadows of the past, present or future seem to have upped sticks and deserted me. Probably they have become bored with their taunting tactics. You see for a while they seemed pleased to remind me of all the opportunities that I have missed, and all the things that I could have done with my life, but now that they have succeeded in pushing me down to rock bottom, there is just nowhere else for them to take me. Have you ever stared at something until it goes blurry, and carried on staring at it

