I remember you taking
me to the pub
I remember eating crisps
outside with my coke
Whilst you sat inside
laughing at someone’s joke
I remember how magical
it seemed
This place of merriment
and laughter
Where you always were
Morning, noon and after
I remember you would
take me to the countryside
A place I found a bore
Making me take pictures
This was quite a chore
Now I appreciate it all those hectares
I remember your fondness for food
How you’d devour all laid down
Yet my portion was small
as I’d look and frown
I even remember falling in
the river with ducks fearing I would drown
I remember your laugh and also
your sternness and strength
The slap across my legs if I
behaved bad which I rarely did
The trips you took me on by
the beach, to cities which I miss
I remember so much more
but it’s you I wish were here
For better memories I’d wished to make
but too late as I feared
Now though I dream for you
New memories I shall make with you still so near
Caliburnus Rises 