OF COURSE YOU'RE NOT OLD

Of course, you're not old

Stop making a fuss

You’ve just been young

Longer than most of us.

MILESTONE 60 # 1

 

You may be 60

But don’t worry, yet

You’re not over the hill

So don’t you fret

There is nothing to fear

It’s only a number you know

Think of it as ripening

Don't think of it as a blow,

You won't suddenly look haggard

That happened long ago

It’s just a number, Happy Birthday.

You are an age though

21st CENTURY NURSERY RHYMES # 225

 

There was an old woman

Called nothing-at-all,

Which made it quite difficult

To get her a passport

DO YOU REMEMBER THE TWENTY FIRST OF SEPTEMBER?

 

Do you remember the twenty first of September?

A very special date is it not?

It’s our wedding anniversary you idiot

And should never be forgot

ARE YOU WEARING A CODPIECE?

 

Are you wearing a codpiece?

No, no you don’t look like a wally

And when it stops raining, you’ll have

Somewhere to hang your brolly

GREEK GODDESS ARTEMIS

 

Greek Goddess Artemis

The virgin Goddess

Of the hunt and the moon

Daughter of Zeus and Leto

Twin sister of Phoebus

I’VE LOST TOO MANY

 

I’ve lost too many

Nearest and dearest

Friends and families

I’ve watched as they

Left this world

One by one.

Each one gone too soon

Before they came to terms

With themselves

As I have done

And felt as free as I