May 26th

I'd sell my Gran, I'd sell a kidney

If you said you had a ticket to give me

I'd be your best friend you'd always remember me

If you could just sneak me into Wembley

I'd flog my C.D's or go with you on a date

If you could let me through that special gate

I'd be your boyfriend even turn a little gay

If you could get me in on cup final day

I'd look after your kids and regularly babysit

If I could be there live to actually watch it

I'd steal a car, I'd commit any crime

If you could get me a seat on the halfway line

I'd buy you a cottage and its roof I'll thatch

If you just tell me I can watch the match

I'd do science experiments and swallow radium

If you say you'll let me into the stadium

I'd pose naked with grapes I would lay

If you get me in from Wembley way

I'd love you forever even get a tattoo

If you tell me there's a seat just next to you

I'd become a gymnast and do the rings and beams

If I could be there live to watch the teams

I'd scratch your back whenever you have an itch

If I could be there and touch the pitch

But unfortunately unless your name is Pele

You have to stay at home and watch it on the telly

May 25th

And so we bid farewell once again

My love for you will always remain

You've made me feel that I am free

And you taught me this so eloquently

You set me apart from the tangible things

You fill my heart with the light you bring

This light is reflected in life's prism

Casting a shadow over materialism

My needs and wants are somewhat diminished

Where nature began man has finished

So once again I'm crossing my bar

You are so near but yet so far

As we drift further and you become small

I'm pleased I have answered you beckon call

Which has picked me up and made my spirit large

And allowed my battery to fully recharge

As we arrive back where we started

A piece of my heart remains departed

It serves as a beacon to help me return

To warm myself on the home fires that burn

You are a drug running through my vein

And so we bid farewell once again

I will be back to reclaim my land

Wait for me please my beautiful island

May 24th

Let me always be in the place I love

With only the clouds high above

Let me keep forever in my memories

The shining sun and rustling trees

Covered on all sides with sea all around

Walk the trail of vacant ground

A viewing point to see for miles

My favourite point on my favourite Isle

Let me always be where the silence is loud

Faraway from any madding crowd

My mind is filled with a vivid selection

Of beauty stretched out in all directions

Let me always feel this peacefulness

Free from life and free from stress

To be constantly surrounded by sea

Let me take this always along with me

Let me always be the quiet one

With healing breeze and warming sun

Which my mind can instantly recall

Let me always remember it all

Let me always have this feeling

Of sun and sea as wall and ceiling

Of peace and convivial tranquillity

To keep my mind always free

Let me always look down from up above

Let me always be in the place I love

May 23rd

There's a view from my parents spare room window

That peers across the sea

You do have to stand on a bed to see it though

As its very difficult to see

But the great sight is well worth contortions

Breaking waves and sailing yachts

It’s a postcard scene of limited proportions

And its better than the one I've got

The sky, like no other blue I've seen

The seagulls territorial call

The whistling wind through trees serene

The clouds are cotton wool

The air is classic summer sea breeze

With the still chill of spring

It stops and lingers around the trees

And gives birds aid to wing

Your mood is changed by your surroundings

You can falsely romanticise

But when you return to familiar groundings

you can start to realise

I come into the spare room sometimes

When my thoughts are all askew

To hear the gently blown wind chimes

And it helps to balance my view

May 22nd

We met her at a dance audition

Very calm and collected Ideal for position

From a quiet girl she soon fitted in

Positive and friendly with a cheeky grin

A real pleasure to work alongside

Taking new challenges into her stride

Funny and helpful a proper little darling

May you get all you wish for Lucy Ann Tarling

Two nicer folk you will struggle to find

Joined together their joy combined

A great example that devotion pays

Best wishes to you all from now until always

May 21st

He is a man who is fun to be around

Away with the fairies but feet on the ground

A real people person, instantly likeable

Constant energy, seemingly recyclable

Time for everyone a joke and some banter

Eases around with a distinguished canter

a strong personality, a pleasure to meet

Now it appears that his life is complete

He has a wife and he is a proud Dad

Family man but still jack the lad

One of life's great guys, makes you a believer

Pleased to be part of your special day Mr Cleaver

May 20th

That Friday feeling arrived once more

A day off together seemingly against our law

We are staring through restaurant windows

About to embark on our first ever Nando’s

A new experience that we've never heard before

The smell of peri peri as we open the door

A simple selection as they only sell on meat

The dichotomy comes when choosing the heat

One is mild, cool as a cucumber

One has no name merely a number

I chose the most mild as I'm that sort of bloke

And as designated driver it’s a bottomless coke

No deep fat frying just roast or griddle

We split our chickens straight down the middle

Half and half with chips and coleslaw

Not enough, so we ordered some more

My first taste and I'm pleasantly surprised

Good atmos and good food reasonably sized

We will return to Nando’s of course

If not for the chicken then for the sauce

They are all lined up for you to take and eat

To dip a chip or to flavour meat

Mmm it’s nice, is that all that you've got

Oh no wait a minute, it’s really hot

If the food is anything to go by, I'm pleased

Another reason to like the Portuguese