Gails poem: Don’t You Remember.

Don’t you remember?

Im sorry, I can’t!

That’s how it begins

But it ends in a rant

A rant about tablets

A rant about hope

A rant about weight gain, this body, the bloat

But it’s made you all better

You’re finally free

I see that, I’m thankful

I just can’t see me

I wish I could tell you

“I’m better, life’s great!”

But sometimes I wonder

If the madness was fate

They say it takes time

But what time do I have

A babe under two

You’re having a laugh

The days do seem better

Now I have a routine

But some days it feels

Like I’m still in a dream

A big fog to wade through

A bleary eyed mess

But then nap time comes

And you lay on my chest

My troubles forgotten

The smell of your hair

These things I’ll remember

For now there’s no fear

No fear that I’ll break you

No fear you’re not loved

Just look at you growing

For now, that’s enough

Gail Whitehouse

PP warrior 2020