I want to start a family

Seeing what other people have is hard to take in

I’d like a piece of what they have but where do I begin

The love that they have found inside each gently soul

Is something very previous and everyone’s life goal

I want to start a family

Pick my child up in my arms

I want to start a family

And discover their quirky charms

I don’t know if I’ll make it, don’t know where to start

I want to start a family

This is tearing me apart

I’m not saying it is easy but I’d definitely do my best

It takes over your life with no time for a rest

The loving smiles of joy that will never have a price

I’d give up everything, there is no thinking twice

I want to start a family

Play with my children in the park

I want to start a family

Tell ghost stories in the dark

I’m not sure I’ll be good at it but I’ll give it a try

I want to start a family

For this happiness you can’t buy

Bridge

I need to meet somebody who has the same values as me

To connect with someone’s soul, could this really be?

I want to start a family

Give my children a kiss goodnight

I want to start a family

Make this darkness turn to light

I believe this could happen, if I had only one wish

I want to start a family

I want to start a family

I want to start a family

Tomorrow

It only takes a second to spoil a moment in time

That negative phrase repeating, an uncaring hidden crime

Comments rattling around your head unable to escape

Too many things in its way can’t jump over the red tape

Chorus

Tomorrow is a brand new day filled with endless dreams

Loving smiles so warm they embrace the glowing sunbeams

Waking up next to the one you love starts the perfect day

My life now a wash with colour no longer a shadow in grey

Positivity ready to shine as tomorrow breaks the midnight

The morning rise comes and tomorrow feels so right

Too many people dragging me down need to move on fast

A friendship I thought was strong, now I know it will not last

Trying to move forward unnoticed but my life is like a statue

A gap in time, a moment’s hesitation is this the luck I’m due

Bridge

I want tomorrow now, Will tomorrow be never?

I want tomorrow now, I want tomorrow forever

Looking back I was foolish trapped in a life unknown

People trying to mould me wanting me to be someone’s clone

Now I’ve broken free there is nothing left to hold me back

My hopes and dreams back on tomorrow’s track

Escape

The highs become lows as the night begins to end

Searching for something to make the highs extend

You know it is wrong but the pull becomes too great

The urge too strong and now you will never have to wait

                     

A whirlpool of emotion swirling around in your empty mind

Love and happiness distant, an emotion you can no longer find

A lifeless bottle stands all alone, which you continue to fill

An empty promise to a friend, “no more swallowing the pill”

Tools that enable you to escape to a life you can only dream

Highs that won’t last, an explosion created, you begin to scream

Reality is that you always have to return to demon once more

A fight worth fighting, the nightmares rip you to your core

To carry on dancing with the demon not a crime but a sin

Taking that path of destruction surely no one will win

A poor decision is made, a moments high for a lifetime of low

Trying to escape like this is not the only way to go

5 more years

So we’ve had the election

The country has spoke

The blue team are in

No, please it’s no joke

They’ve promised more cuts

Privatisation of the NHS

People are not happy

The country in a mess

Education will be next

More ‘free’ schools on the way

Children don’t matter

The price we will have to pay

The poor still vulnerable

Food banks on the rise

No where to turn

More conservative lies

The north south divide

Continues to grow

The country on its knees

An all time low

People didn’t vote

Won’t matter they said

They couldn’t be bothered

To get up out of bed

People now rioting

Not getting the right press

This isn’t the answer

We all feel the stress

We have to move on

Five more years

We had our chance

Living with our fears

A referendum is next

But what will we do

Come out of Europe

Is that best for me and you?

Our children no hope

The future now grey

We had our chance

On Election Day

The C Word

Life suddenly taken out of your own hands

A journey taking you to undiscovered lands

Families becoming stronger uniting as one

Hoping and prayer that soon I will all be gone

Your greatest challenge, your toughest fight

Dark thoughts keeping you awake at night

The struggles, the turmoil that nobody sees

Another door to walk through without life’s keys

A writing blog gives you the chance to escape

Writing how you feel, the language takes shape

A message received and a friendship begun

One day we’ll meet up in the bright burning sun

Chemotherapy takes you to a place unknown

Your unenergetic body has finally flown

Each day a struggle, emotional and tired

Wishing to tell the cancer, “that’s it you’re fired”

Progress at last and a break on the horizon

Feeling better, your body is becoming less wizen

A loving smile back on your worn out face

Life so special now it’s time to embrace

Just like the wind life changes so quick

News approaches telling you you’re sick

Second stage and the cancer getting worse

Why were you stricken with this awful curse?

A tear for a friend who’s life has now passed

The love you showed will never be surpassed

The remaining three spent the day on the coast

Drinking malt whiskey and raising a toast

You stayed so strong right up to the finish

Your legacy lives and will never be diminished

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and your story

May you always be crowned in inspiration and glory