All grown up too quickly, i'm not ready

wishing back the days of pushchairs,shitty nappies, little teddy!

Now days just consist of Ps4 and 'out wit fellas'

college over, chasing women, as he's knocking back the stella's!

I thought sleepless nights were over, by god was i wrong

now you're older and out drinking they seem twice as flaming long! 

I sit waiting on the sofa, phone gripped tightly in my hand

recalling words my mum once said…"one day you'll understand!"

I'm watching this young adult now, booking holidays online
who tries to ease my worries saying "don't fret mum…i'll be fine"
you wrap them up in cotton wool, protect them all you can
then one day that little baby…grows up to be a man!


you wake up to find him naked,sprawled out upon the floor
piss wet through clothing in a heap beside the door,
no crisps and pepsi weekends, put that disney film away
the baby's gone,the boys all grown…the man has come to stay!

you taught him life as best you could
you know you taught him well
now let him grow and watch him live
and time will only tell.

1. We walked for miles in the cold today, just to sit here on the dampened sand and watch the sun set over the sea. Found washed up pebbles like tired faces and laughed at un-important things…

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Dementia

With eyes so lost you look at me
...another banished memory
you smile because you know my face
but yet my name, you can not place.

Where is the woman i know is so strong
where are the memories we'd laugh upon?
What happened to the lady so proud who stood tall,
Dementia has stolen…stolen it all.

A distant frail lady now sits in a chair
a vacant expression along with her there
Remembering childhood,with her father and mother
finding hard to recall, any memory of other.

22/03/16

House that jack built

I live in the house that jack built
And i tried to repair...
Its getting to the stage
Where i wish i didn't care.

The guttering is leaking
Waterfalls upon our head
The door decided not to lock
Then Alfie broke his bed.

The cupboards in the kitchen
All been chewed on my the dog
The past few weeks been hectic
And we cannot flush our bog!

The gate has fallen off out front
Others dodgy at the back
Taps gone dicky,pipes are leaky
Thanks to bloody jack.

He's done my bloody head in since i bought this chuffin place
I'd love to blinkin meet him
And smack him in the face

Instead i'll do my best
To patch the house of dis-repair
But it's getting to the stage...
Where i wish i wasn't there!