Family

Family. We wouldn't be without them!

A few personal poems here

Miss her

I miss the noise from upstairs,

The mess, the clothes, the music that blared

The drunken nights, you too loud,

Made you the daughter of today I'm so proud.

I miss our early morning clash

The fact that you're no good with cash

I'd have it back in flash

Even your habit of a last minute clash.

I miss your presence, your company

But now you've become a friend to me.

It's done us good this time apart

But always know you're in my heart.

I miss you taking my C.D's

Or make up - sometimes I wasn't pleased.

But what I'd do to turn back time!

Where have you gone, little girl of mine?

Copyright Linda Lawrence

7th April 2003

Lost and found

~

Her name stared me in the face

Been looking for some time,

Sent e mail into cyber space

Hoped it reached this cousin of mine.

~

Happy memories of Enfield Lock

Uncle, Aunt, sisters three.

Our families, solid as a rock

Part of the family tree.

~

A garden full of pretty blooms

Playing in the summer sun,

The innocence ended much too soon,

Competitions, races, fun.

~

Our parents now passed on

Some siblings now estranged.

But some love remains so strong

But oh, how things have changed.

~

Sat here with my fingers crossed tight,

Switched on my P.C.

Daring to believe she might

Consider writing back to me.

~

And here she is five miles away

The present and the past.

The bond still there from yesterday-

Hope it's here to last.

~

Copyright Linda Lawrence

27th February 2004

Joseph

When I look into your eyes

I think of all the lullabies

And how in your I see my dad,

The loving father I once had.

There are times I feel my parents' close by,

Looking down from their stars in the sky

Sleeping soundly in your cot -

A new grandson they've now got.

You could easily break my heart,

My life you are a special part.

That innocent look that's in you,

From years gone by it's deja vu.

Copyright Linda Lawrence

15th March 1998