My poem for Margie; today is 37 years since our engagement!

Grannie says Yes!

 

Pussy says naaoooow!

Teddy just stares back

My mobile goes round and round,

And then goes back the other way,

But Grannie says Yes!

 

Mummy says you had a huge feed half an hour ago,

Daddy says I'd give you the keys of my kingdom if I had one,

Grandad says of course I'll pick you up and sing you a song and dance with you and tell you a story

AND rock you to sleep!

But Grannie says Yes!

 

Pop says when you're five I'll give you a little calf all of your own,

Gran says you wait till you see the Christmas I'm making for this year,

And all your aunties say you are just the most delicious baby they have seen this summer,

And Grannie says Yes!

 

Because Grannie is one person who says Yes! as often as she can.

You will learn as you get older that she is great at saying Yes!

She says Yes! to each morning when the sun comes up,

She says Yes! to each pussy as they come in the door,

She says Yes! to all her grandchildren twenty times each day,

 

And a long time ago when the earth was young and fresh and green,

(She had eaten the apple long before,

or so Grandad reckons)

She said Yes! to Grandad,

And that was the Yes! that started it all.

 

-       10 March 2014