Introducing Hugh & Gerry

Still In Mourning.

I've lost the spark to life

The spark that helps me write

I've lost the will to fight

It's automatic, it's routine - it's strife!

The pleasure I used to feel

On completing my silly rhymes

No longer exists - not even sometimes.

Is this a passing phase?

I honestly can't tell

Really don't know how long - I'm going to remain in Hell.

And everytime I crawl

Crawl out the deep black hole

Something devastating pushes - pushes back my soul.

Everyone has dark moments

I'm not a special case

Just don't know how long - I'll continue in this place.

So many things have happened

I feel old beyond my years

Oh, so tired - Oh, so many tears.

I've lost the spark to life

The spark that helps me write....

It's a boy!

A royal baby HURRAY!

A royal child is born today!

Ring out the bells and let's rejoice

And hope that Charlie's no longer a choice!

A royal baby HURRAY!

A royal child is born today!

Ring out the bells and let's dance

Diana's genes to enhance!

A royal baby HURRAY!

A royal child is born today!

Ring out the bells be what may

God's blessings on you today!

Babies!

Babies, babies everywhere,

Popping-up without a care,

Bald or hairy,

Wrinkly and red,

Small and scary,

They want to be fed!

Regurgitation and vomit,

Nappy changes are NOT cool,

Her breast....he's got it!

No biting...IT'S A RULE!

They scream all night,

They scream all day,

You become a sight...

Of complete disarray.

And yet they keep coming,

One after the other,

It's perfectly stunning,

How we all want to mother!

* I thought about the last line - "We all want to mother" I think these days the men mother too...so I left it!

In Memory of Kathleen. 19/11/1926 - 14/06/2012.

My Angel, My Muse

Deep in the night when you lie in your bed

wondering at shadows up over you head

and you pull those soft white sheets to your eyes

do you whisper to God and ask Him why?

Why is she gone and why did she go?

you want to know and you want Him to show

you a reason. So pray as fast as you can.

But unanswered prayers are part of the Plan.

But when you ask why and your eyes start to cry

and you feel so sad that you think you might die,

listen.Because He will tell you. And cherubs wings

hug and hold you snug as they sing

a song so sweet like sirens of lore

as you slip into dreams of what was before.

And then you will see her far away in bed

where she has the covers pulled up over her head

and she's asking God why as her eyes fill with tears

and she shakes with fears that nobody hears her

when she asks and her eyes start to cry

and she feels so lonely she thinks she might die,

she listens. And He tells her. And angels' wings

hug and hold her as they sing

a song so sweet like sirens of lore

as she slips into dreams of what was before.

And she sees the little girl far away in her bed

with the covers pulled up over her head

and she smiles through the pain

when He answers "you will be together again."

Christy Hughes.

Menopause I.

                                                                             
                                                                             

                                                                             

              

                                               

Some women feel hot.

Some women perspire a lot.

  Some women can't sleep.

Some women just weep.

                                         

         Some women feel pain.

                   

   Some women weight gain.

Some women sprout hair.

Some women despair.

Some women stop sex.

Some women become wrecks.

BUT

Some women are lucky,

as lucky can be...

Some women sail through,

with such irritating glee!

                                 
                                     

That Time Of Year.

That Time Of Year!

HURRAY! Chocolate time is back,

Let’s attack! let’s attack!

What a choice! Where to start?

I think I’ll put this one;

And this one...and this one,

In the cart.

Small, medium or big?

When Easter is over, I’ll be a pig!

No counting calories now – after Easter I vow,

To re-start nutritional control,

That’s only if....

There no more chocies in the bowl!

Still trying to decide – I think I need a chocolate guide!

Milk, dark or white – what a GLORIOUS sight!

With fillings or without? –  my goodness, such doubt!

Shall I take the lot? – OH HECK! Why not?!