Sanctuary

A place where I can be alone
Where I can quiet be, OR LOUD
Somewhere no deference need be shown
no reverence to any crowd
A place where all the rules are mine
with no regret should they be broke
Where not even the great divine
can override this simple bloke
Where wildest fancy can come true
and darkest rumour can be spread
and never any harm ensue
This Sanctuary inside my head

Miss you daddy

I miss you daddy, said the little girl
Dropping crushed flowers from a hot little hand
into that deep hole dug in the sand
on that dark day she did not understand

I miss you daddy, said the little girl
Missing the voice that rumbled in the chest
she leant against while being dressed
by the daddy that loved her best

I miss you daddy, said the little girl
But mummy said that you can't come back
from that big wooden box so shiny and black
with the six metal handles and bright brass plaque

I miss you daddy, said the little girl
from inside the woman that she became
But few are the memories she can reclaim
All time has left her is her father's name