Poetry and pictures to brighten your day
I wish I lived in a gingerbread house,
With sweets for the windows and door,
Then if I got hungry in the night
I could just eat my bedroom floor.
And if I lived in a gingerbread house,
With gingerbread carpets and stairs,
I’d need nothing more than a piping bag
Whenever it needed repairs.
When things seem rather out of hand,
For me, I’m in a wonderland,
Your clothes are lying in a heap,
But really that’s just Bo Peep’s sheep,
The cornflakes spilled around the house,
Is food set out for a cartoon mouse,
And when I jump upon the bed,
It’s a bouncy castle in my head,
So don’t get cross, don’t get mad,
Just think of all the fun I’ve had.
When mum goes out
A girl comes round,
She seems to be quite old.
She wears a top
With strappy sleeves,
A wonder she’s not cold.
She’s on the phone
Like all the time,
Her Instagram is scrolled.
But that’s okay,
It’s easier
To keep my charge controlled.
I don’t want to get up,
It’s warm in my bed,
And besides which,
There are dreams in my head.
I don’t want to get up,
I can’t find my clothes,
Only ripped trousers,
And I’m not wearing those.
I don’t want to get up,
There’s nothing to eat,
The dog ate my cornflakes,
Instead of his meat.
I don’t want to get up,
I can’t go to school,
There’s a very good reason,
I’ll think of it soon.
In autumn the trees
Lose their leaves in the breeze,
Red, golden, or browned.
For us it’s great fun
As they crunch when we run,
And when we kick them around.
But for hedgehogs instead
The leaves are their bed,
Let’s leave them to sleep safe and sound.