Saturday, 19 September 2020

Thoughts at 3 am

Awake again at 3 am
North wind howling through the trees
I turn and touch an empty space
So in love but sick with fear

You've only been gone a little while
But my soul feels ripped in two
How did I become a helpless child
Unable to function without you

Every second of the ticking clock
Sends a chill through my heart
While my spirit cries silent tears
Because we're so far apart

I lie exhausted from the need
To be held tightly in your arms
Feel your breath fall on my face
And hear the beating of your heart

I fill my day as best I can
Your presence haunts me to the core
I just want to be one with you
Now and forevermore





copyright carol ann lewis 2020

Thursday, 17 September 2020

My Holiday is Shite!

My day is going fine
But my holiday is shite
I should be on the beach
With seagulls in full flight

But coronavirus it said 'no!'
You wont be lying in the sun
There's only thirty on the trip
And you're number thirty-one

Now this caused a bit of a problem
Between my boyfriend and me
Because on the list of passengers
He was number twenty-three

Surely he wont go without me
I thought inside my head
Well let me tell you people
The age of chivalry is dead

A knight in shining armour
He most certainly was not
Cos home he went. packed his case
And without me, buggered off

After calling him some unprintable names
I wondered what I should do
So for something to end the silence
I turned on the evening news

New virus restrictions were announced
By morning theyd all be in place
No mingling with more than six people
Masks permanently on your face

Don't sit there, cant touch that
Meet with seven, there'll be fines
Take temperature, wash hands
And don't forget - Sanitize!

No singing, music or dancing
No entertainment at all
It sounded like there'd be more fun
Watching paint dry on a wall

Then a smile crossed my face
As I opened a can of his beer
No face masks needed at my bar
No virus here to fear

I'm much safer sat on my own
Than chancing a virus ridden crowd
So I opened his bottle of whisky
And turned the music up loud

Now Im singing along to Bailamos
And dancing the night away
Russ Abbott's been here twenty times
For an All Night Holiday

Club Tropicana Ive drunk there
Having Sex on the Beach
Ive laughed and laughed to the Chicken Song
Til my cares are out of reach

I realise then my holiday
Isnt so shite after all
I might not be in a hotel but
I have freedom within my walls

The boyfriend rang, he's not happy
He wishes he hadn't gone tonight
Hotel has rules like North Korea
All in all, his holiday's shite!









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