It’s Just Life
We all begin in the same old way
As a baby pure and small
Learn to breathe, walk and talk
Sometimes along the way we learn to fall
Our parents try to bring us up
As we grow through our childhood years
Ina way that’s straight and true
Experiencing many fears and tears
As we grow older we become
Like our parents used to be
They’re now older than their years
Just because of me
The Air we breathe, the Sun that shines
We rely on constantly
To help us on our merry way
Throughout each and every lifelong day
Our laughter lines show our true worth
To all that we have been around
Just keep smiling in adverse times
Happiness lives in the lost and found
At last our parents say goodbye
When at last we leave the nest
They look forward to the rest of their lives
That time should be the best
Josie
Josie was a little girl
Whose long hair ended in a curl?
Happy free and joyful was she
Like any eight year old should be
One day whilst playing with her ball
She tripped and had a minor fall
Not thinking she jumped up and ran
After her ball and was hit by a van
To the Hospital she was rushed
The Doctor said her bones were crushed
As she lay upon the operating table
For the doctor was doing what he was able
Josie’s spirit rose high up in the room
Below, she saw what was happening in the gloom
Her Mum and Dad in tears below
Obviously did not want her to go
Up to heaven at this time
To die so young such a crime
So Josie drifted far away
Through the misty moment to latter-day
Now in heaven she awaits her Angels Wings
No more child’s play upon the swings
In heavens playground where she has been
Now she’s older nearly seventeen
She has to complete three tasks to become an Angel fair
But the people in need will never know she is there
Saving poor souls and guidance is her new life
No longer is she in a world that’s full of strife
Down to earth she goes but cannot be seen
To become the youngest Angel there has ever been
Her tasks completed, successfully
She returns to Heaven full of glee
For now she will get her Angels Wings
And with it all the joy it brings
For she will be able to travel down to Earth
To prove her Angelic worth
Her White wings now start to grow
Feathers blossom like falling Snow
As they glisten in the light
As she looks in the water, Oh what a sight
A woman stands there in the reflection in the rippling water
Still Josie, her Mum and Dad’s lovely daughter
Now a Guardian Angel she has become
But will never forget where she came from
Her first task to visit Mum and Dad
This she will find hard and so very sad
When she arrives at her old home
Where as a child she used to roam
In the street with other children who lived nearby
The feelings coming back brought a tear to her eye
She saw her Mum sat in her rocking chair
But her mother would never know that she was there
Then dad came home and they kissed
That showed her all that she had missed
The love that her parents had for each other
She truly had loved her Dad and Mother
Seeing they had survived her untimely demise
She returned to Heaven so meek and wise
For she could never return to see them again
It had caused her so much grief and pain
Now those memories would fade and die
She knew this as she wiped a tear from her eye
Now she was truly an Angel fair
With her lovely white Wings and long flowing hair
In her draping white dress she looked a wonderful sight
A woman now demure and beautiful full of light
As she walked through heavens garden amongst the Birds and Flowers
A place where she would while away the hours
Her thoughts now fixed on all the good deeds
She would do fulfilling others needs
So when you are down call her name out loud
And she will come to you on the nearest cloud
For that is her purpose in life now
A Guardian Angel but still that little child somehow
Happy Melcom
I stand proud and tall in my bright colored clothes
From where I came no one knows
To scare away the birds all day long
With a smile an inner laugh and song
Though I may be made of cloth and string
It’s surprising just what joy I bring
To all the passing Girls and Boys
Who treat me as if I were one of their toys
They dance around me and hold my hand
Me, who stands out on this piece of land
In all weathers come Rain or Sunshine
Malcom is the name they have given me
Because to them I am real you see
Believe me I do really have a heart
Though In reality it is a missing part
But to me I am as real as real can be
So ass you pass please aknowledge me
Because if its windy I will wave back
In between the times when the naughty birds attack
I frighten them away all day
So the crops can grow in every way
The Sun has parched my nose as you may well see
But I have the children to comfort me
They always smile and wave and shout
But mainly when the Suns come out
Because when it raining they hurry by
Saying sorry but we have to fly
But I will still be here today, tomorrow for evermore
Always smiling that's for sure
So always stop and pass the time of day with me
Because remember, you may be the only one that I may see
And the life of a Scarecrow can be lonely at times
My only solace when the Church Bell chimes
Yes I can hear, yes you are surprised
Remember sometimes its hard to believe whats before your eyes
I may look just like a few old rags put together
Standing out whatever the weather
But always remember I have a heart and soul it seems
And bring to life many children's dreams
Everyday Life
Every day is different
In my neighbourhood
My little street called Heaven
Where everyone is good
Or so they would have us believe
But grown up I know different now
Take old Mrs McCartney
God what a wicked cow
She used to drown baby kittens
Her old Tom was responsible for
A big fat Ginger Tom
Who used to come howling at my door
So my Mum bought an Alsatian dog
To sort the bloody thing out
And one day he chased it out into the road
When no one was about
Except old Mr McGinnis, deaf and almost blind it seemed
Who was still driving his Bentley Car
The like of which most men dreamed
He did not see dear pussy cat
A running in the road
Did not brake, Oh dear me
Pussy was squashed just like a toad
Then there was young Mr Andrews
Good looking and quite flash
He used to strut around the place
And always seemed to have cash
But never seemed to work
Except he was always out at night
And I found out the reason why
In the next street that only had one light
He used to enter houses
When everyone was asleep
And being a light sleep awoke
A noise made me take a peep
Because running frantically down the road
Was Mr Andrews in a sweat and panting
Being chased by a bid Rottweiler Dog
Two Policemen and a passer- by which was all he would be wanting
The Dog took a leap at the sight in front
His teeth did make their mark with all their might
A great big hole appeared in Mr Andrews trousers
And his bare arse came into sight
Leapt on by the Policemen handcuffed and taken away
Apparently he used to burglarise at night
And do sod all in the day
This street of ours saw many sights
That I missed when I was a boy
Like Mrs Appleton and her little misdemeanours
That she did enjoy
Colin the milkman, Mr Jones the Postman too name but two
Was giving her more than milk we believe
She would draw the front room curtains when they went in
What went on we could only conceive
Until one morning, one day in May
About the twenty-third I think
When Mr Appleton returned home early a bit worse for ware
And caught them at it over the sink
Out came the dogs lead with one mighty slash
A yell and a scream followed shortly
Out through the back door Colin did run
Followed by Mr Appleton and although a bit portly
Was chasing poor milkman with harm on his mind
The dog-lead a swirling around in the air
Followed by another scream, and another almighty yell
Where Colin had been hit on the backside by Mr Appleton pretty fair
Such was life in a street called Heaven
Memories of my childhood days
That will stay with me for the rest of my life
The type of stories that are only found in television play’s
Even at ten I had a lasting romance
Young Jenny who was the same age as me, and lived two doors away
We used to walk out and hold each other’s hand
And sometimes I was invited round for tea on Sunday
But we lasted a lifetime, still together you see
And many a night by the raging firelight
We sit and reminisce what it was like growing up in our street
And what it must be like in Heaven tonight