No plan of action!

 No plan of action! 

 

Just want to chill and relax, 

Not sort through my returns of tax - 

Or the invoices that are paid by BACS! 

Want to listen to some music tracks! 

 

Adding subtracting - not my forte, 

I Am overwhelmed and not ofay! 

And it really is far from okay 

On this day in June, a hot sunny day. 

 

Fractions, transactions with no plan of action! 

Nor time for client interactions. 

There really is no satisfaction 

And needing now a good distraction! 

 

Hungry, thirsty, needing some lunch 

Not sit at PC to number crunch 

It would be good to be figure free, 

With no more calculation on VAT. 

 

Receipts from May to the next May 

Just feel like running miles away! 

My nerves are getting tired and frayed 

Want to do this on another day. 

 

There’s so much stuff to look into - 

To work out how much revenue. 

While I’m glad to pay my contributions, 

There must be an easier solution.  

From May to May it's such a task 

Many receipts consist of face masks! 

All I want to do is ask - 

Can't I lie outside and bask?

 

There’s PC ink and drinks out, 

The mileage that adds up throughout! 

Car parking while out and about 

Same time next year, no doubt! 

 

There’s Insurance for Liability, 

A permit for loss of mobility. 

I can park in zones A and B, 

Is a glass of wine a possibility? 

 

The mobile phone, the cars’ MOT 

Thinking I need one for me! 

The work that has been done on my motor 

Where’s the time to write a bloody rota! 

 

There’s PC printing paper galore - 

The same size of A4, kept in a drawer 

(An expense that cannot be ignored) 

The time on the computer to be answered for! 

 

And before I completely despair - 

This type of admin I cannot bear! 

No good with this, it’s just not fair! 

This year, it’s delivered to my bookkeeper, Claire 

 

Copyright Linda Lawrence 

6^th June 2021 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reawakening

 

Reawakening

 

Amid the virus, I did upcycle

Recycle, a new revival!

And thought well, no holiday

For a few months anyway.

I planted plants, painted pots,

New enthusiasm, planning lots!  

Used pallets for shelves -

With no cost to myself!

Strawberries, runner beans

Spinach and lettuce greens.

Tomatoes seeds to grow

Pots of flowers on the patio.

And amid the Covid hysteria

Planted two trees of Wisteria!

To climb a pergola (from eBay)

Been having quite a field day!

Some catnip for cats,

Two homes for bats,

An insect hotel

For insects to dwell.

A table for bird food

But the pigeons are shrewd,

And fat!

Closely watching is my cat...

And from early sunrise

I attract butterflies

With overripe fruit

They are so beautifully cute.

And the builder that chucked

HIs rubbish, got reconstruct.

Huge slabs of concrete

Made the garden look complete

And on the contrary

His trash made a rockery!

With somewhere to sit

Made from big logs I admit

A house for hedgehogs

A small pond for frogs

With a pink water Lilly

That is so pretty!

A teapot in the plum tree

For birds to nest shared with bees

Didn't need a degree!

Just a gardening wannabee!

Some Lavender given

The bees are driven.

Bulbs for meadows -

Was given a rambling rose

For the side of the abode.

The seeds I've sowed!

From late Sept,

Autumn, Winter, it slowly crept

And the garden looked dead.

Stayed Indoors instead.

Now Spring is here

Life has started to reappear;

Upcycling has begun!

With so much more be done!

The climbers, shrubs, garden cover

Other useful tips just discovered.

With no plans for holiday trips.

I welcome any gardening tips!

 

Copyright Linda Lawrence

 

 9th April 2021

 

Prick

 

Prick

 

A simple prick - a real lifesaver-

It's doing us all an amazing favour!

Though causing some folk anxiety

Dismissing the atrocious reality.

If we all accept - it will be fine

We'll be ok in a few days' time

But we're getting tired of guidelines

And sick of feeling so confined.

 

Fed up with wearing visors, masks,

Want them to be a thing of the past.

Sick of being two metres apart;

It's been so long, want a fresh start.

 

Stupid pricks, their human rights!

Scientists working through days and nights,

Fighting to keep us out of danger,

This is the vaccine, the real-life changer.

 

We've been given the Oxford or Pfizer

The rumours' wrong, we won't be wiser!

We might have days of feeling unwell,

Maybe it will hit you like a bombshell.

We might get aching limbs and muscles

Which would be the least of our troubles!

We may get a temperature or a fever

And still out there are non-believers. 

There has been so much isolation,

Anxiety, loneliness and frustration,

So many tears and cancellations,

This has happened in every nation.

 

Of course, we'll all be made to pay

And somehow, they'll be found a way

To keep this variant disease at bay.

Forget (for now) sun, sea, holiday.

 We must have faith belief and trust

This inoculation is a must!

This is a twenty-first-century plague,

Though understanding has been so vague.

 

The wishing of hands, sanitising gel -

But really deep down, what the hell?

We don't want this deadly thing to thrive

And we're so lucky to be alive!

 

Copywrite Linda Lawrence

 

2nd March 2021

Want Out My Body!

 

Want Out My Body!

 

You wanted to have a peep inside

To find out what was wrong,

For many months I've almost cried

Going on for much too long!

 

Been feeling humpy and grumpy

Want to feel like I used to be!

It worried me being lumpy

Not sure what they're going to see.

 

There were many people in that room

All putting me at ease,

'And while we look within your womb

Think of your happy place now please!'

 

I thought of blue sea and snorkeling,

While trying to count down

And thoughts about wellbeing

In a hospital gown.

Good to wake up to a cup of tea

With a biscuit and a smile!

Said 'Thanks for looking after me

Can I stay here for a while?'

 

Now you've explained the concern -

And I really have no doubt,

You've told me and I've learned

You'll be needing to take it out!

 

I think of all things uterine

Of the babies that grew in there

But think removal will be fine

Have finished with childcare!

 

I will be back before the end of May,

Go back to a happy place.

I don't mind staying for a day,

This might be my saving grace.

 

Copyright Linda Lawrence

22/02/2021

 

23/02/2021