Janice's 40th Poem

Just a poem I wrote for my partner on her 40th Birthday.

It was 1969, you were born in old Hartlepool
then to home in a street called Torquay Avenue

 

You were brought home in a leg brace, unable to walk
Granddad fixed you all up, said "load of old crock"

 

Your days as a child, then you became a big sis
looking after little Bro, it must have been bliss

 

Your Dad then left, and along came Ed Marsh
You don’t really remember, but it must have been harsh

 

You got a few cuts, bruises and scrapes
You got hit by a car, what a lucky escape

 

Your years spent learning in Brierton School
You took to swimming, spending time in the pool.

 

You finished your schooling, not wanting any more
You got a job you loved, in the local ASDA store

 

From your days spent rocking in the Newcastle Mayfair
wearing  stockings, makeup and big bouffant blonde hair

 

You started at Uni, enjoying life to the full
studying, working, and learning to pull

 
Your Mam became ill, they were trying times
These things happen, bad things occur sometimes

 

You graduated from Northumbria, your family was proud
Choose the right job for yourself, you had always vowed

 

You started at fairs, what a tyrant Czes was
counting the days when your friends home from Oz

 

I met you at fairs, we hit it off straight away
And we lived life to the full, still together today

 

Through the ups and the downs, we would never complain
supporting each other, again and again

 

Now you are 40, life is still very good
I love you more than ever, just as I should

 

It is just a number, a measure that’s all
Of memories gone by, things to write on your "super" wall

 

It is not the end, or the middle, its the start of something new
it's the future, it's us, it's you,  it's all about you.

 

The love I feel for you still seems  new
you, you, you, it's all about you.

 

 

Reviews

[Janice Ann]

How cool is this! Love the fact that I found another Janice! YAY!

Thanks for the review by the way! You rock!

Janice Ann