Can you see?

Can you see what I can see Can you see the moon If you can’t see what I see Maybe it’s too soon Can you see what I can see Can you see the sun If you can’t see what I see Surely we are done You have to see what I can see You…

The Waiting Room

Your therapist will find you there When it is your turn, Wait patiently to speak with him And patiently to learn. Your thoughts will be a therapy When you let them go, If you speak your thoughts aloud Really let them show. Give it time, do not hold back When changes seem too soon, Try…

Memo

Remember children it is not and never will be bad, to sit up late and read in bed the books that make you glad. Forget that it is later than you’ll sleep when quite grown-up, if happy and depend on it you should and must stay up. Remember then to read your book to midnight…

When

When we fart we have a rule To do it in the bath When one of us is very loud The other has a laugh

Disembogue

Christ I’m full of poetry Sleepless tired and grey I write some more to help me But then there’s more to say Every time I write these lines They taunt me from within I need to tell you everything To tell you every sin If penance is a prayer or two I could begin again…

With

Without your joy I cannot hear Without your fear I have no sight Without your constance I may die Without you near there is no light With only can I breath you in With only are you there With only can we heal and grow With only can I bear Without and we shall be…

Name

I married for the name you know The old man’s ninety two His name is Georgie Postlethwaite Not Bartholomew Tiggy thought it such a hoot To snare a man like that She called me Mrs Fossilite And married Mr Twatt

Gloria

My sister likes disguises She wears one everyday Without them she is wiser But with them she is gay

Football – he asked me to write it

Her husband likes the football The wife is partial too He says it’s part of who he is She likes the team in blue Her husband likes the football Quite why nobody knows But when they score a goal or two He smiles down to his toes

Redden

Clouds in Clouds out I want them in I want them out Clouds high Clouds low I want the highs I want the lows Clouds whisper Clouds clear I whisper too I am not clear Clouds redden Clouds matter I have reddened I will matter