79: My young man’ll be just fine

Don’t worry darling Daddy

Maybe I should be your caddy

Just for your special day

Celebrating your birthday

Oh how you love to play

Golf and you swing the club in style 

I do love you

My love for my family

Encompasses the Nile

Feel like we could take on the world

Although I know you don’t want me to

Just would like me to fight my own battle

But I’m determined to help the herd

Every single damaged cattle

I guess I’ve always been like this

Thinking of everyone

Maybe it is part of the problem

And leaves me in a conundrum

To just be selfish and focus on myself

I take it to extreme

Always looking for that love supreme

This planet is not in an ideal state

Thinking about The Butterfly Effect

And our palms, do we only get one fate?

Dear Daddy, how you made up stories

When we were little

Played with me on roller skates

In Battersea Park

It’s a shame I didn’t pick up a fiddle

But the piano, tuba and flute were good

Who knew about the ADHD

It’s always been there

Living in Wandsworth, in the hood

But again, not keen on taking something for it

If it contains side effects

Then it ain’t perfect and I am simply not interested

You have been through a lot

I have never forgotten what you have said

As Pappa would say

‘It wasn’t easy’

But maybe that’s the mountain

It will take a lot to get to a better view

Never take your eyes off of your hands and feet

Be careful with the coffee

And stay hydrated

Not too much red meat

Sometimes we have to repeat ourselves

But you do take it on board

Even if we have to raise our voices

Make our points, they were stated

Now about your health young one

Was it the ECT, Lithium, Atkins or genes?

Who knows but boy, I’m keen 

To get to the bottom of all things medical

You have been through so much

And you’re still fighting on

To be honest, I think you’re incredible

Not sure quite how you do it

With your sensitivity 

You must be seriously robust and strong

I will never forget my 40th song

You sang for me

You’re so beautifully clever

Love the way your best friend Andrew

Always knows about the weather

I do think about Freddie

Your other best friend

The amount of memorial services you attend

You’re so good at seeing people through

To the very end

Of life, through all of their strife

Isn’t Mummy simply the best wife

I hate what has happened to me

Everything the meds have done

I seriously do detest

The state of affairs that my beloved family

Are dealing with in our nest

We have to seriously find a new path

It’s probably an ancient one

Trust me, something has to give

Enjoy all of the good things in life

Especially Mummy

Daddy, you can be so wonderfully funny

Will, your sister, your friends, family

We all love you so so much

You’ve always had those healing hands

Like Granny, gentle to the touch

Now where would I be without such a loving father?

Why I feel like the luckiest girl in the world

You take me that much further

With your jokes and thinking outside the box

The way we have laughed as a family through the years

They’re my favourite moments

Being with all of you

I would love for you to see me on stage one day

So I can show you what I really can do

Peace be with you

Just stay true