Fate

Fate

Some 14 billion years ago

Or somewhere thereabouts

A huge big bang did start our fate

From this we all did spout

The stars aligned to set things up

The water flowed on down

But just the hint of life begun

That led to make this town

The chances that you came to be

Are trillions to one

So make sure that your time on earth

Is left with good things done

There’s so much on this rock of ours

From hills to trees to you

This world that we call planet earth

The best thing nature drew

So when you sit there late at night

And wonder if you’re great

Of course you are, a miracle

You’re here, that must be fate.

Cats and Books

Cats and Books

Imagine though if cats read books

I wonder what they’d be

A book shop that was just for cats

How cute that would be, squee!

So let’s review some books they’d read

Or what we think they’d like

I bet there’d be one all ‘bout fish

Like tuna or a pike

They’d likely not read books on dogs

Unless those books did tell

A story all about the tips

To make dogs go through hell

There would be one for humans too

To teach us how to stroke

No not right there, but just ‘bout there

To get it right’s no joke!

I’m liking this, if cats could read

To them the books we’d flog

And maybe we’ll collaborate

And write a cat book blog

Campervan Adventures

Campervan Adventures

Herbie was a beetle

A friendly, warm love bug

You sat inside his cosy seats

And felt so calm and snug

VW do make campers too

To see the world afar

There’s room to sit and make some tea

A place to hang your bra

My favourite thing with camper vans

To drive to see the sea

And wait ‘til darkness lands ashore

Look up high, feel free

Our world is big yet somehow small

Just one small dot in space

So pack your bags, load up the van

And take things at your pace

I dream one day to buy a van

Before I’m old and grey

High ISO, wide aperture

I'll shoot the milky way

Way up high in the cotton wool sky

Way up high in the cotton wool sky

Above the streets and fields and homes

Where tiny dots are cars

A blueness drifts for miles and miles

Except at night, there’s stars

There’s lots of people high up there

In awe what sits below

To see our land from high above

To view this greatest show

The engines purr, distinctive pings

The seatbelt sign is off

The cabin crew bring food and drink

Enjoy but do not scoff

A view beneath which fills your eyes

Just look, admire this scene

From mountains high to oceans blue

It’s nature’s TV screen

The rivers bend, the landscape shifts

This show from way up high

From far up here, above the clouds

This cotton wool blue sky

A Ballard for a Mallard

Ballad for a Mallard

For reasons that we’ll never know

You chose to come to us

Did you come far, and if so how,

Was it by tube or bus?

This little place that you call home

Amongst this fragrant scent

We hope that you’ll be nice and warm

They’ll be no charge in rent

At first, unsure of what you were

A bird? Velociraptor?

But now we know that you are ducks

To start this brand new chapter

We’ll take great care to leave you be

And water ‘round your nest

Please take your time and nurture them

There’s no need to feel stressed

So when you’re ready, fly away

Complete with flock in tow

We’re so glad that you came to us

To start your life in Bow