Dear Mrs Darley
I just wanted to say I was sorry,
Sorry that you are gone, we miss you!
your energy,
your love of life
and your laugh.
Sorry,
I wasn’t a very good adopted son.
Sorry we used your home as a Hotel,
.. days on end, camping out our teenage years in your lounge.
Sorry, it was me, who used to steal those vanilla cup-cakes,
that you so carefully used hide in the top cupboard above the fridge.
You taught us …
How to get back on the horse when we fell off,
and not to go to sleep until the grudge was forgiven!
And you tried to teach us …
The Swing… the Jive … and the Jitterbug,
Sorry we such a drag ….
If only I could show my kids today!
Sorry Jean,
that you lost your man.
Derek and you two made a hell of a partnership,
and are the best couple that I know,
from making 60’s big hair cool,
to finding the best in everyone,
and then inviting them all over for Christmas.
“Its like Victoria Station on a Bank Holidey Mundy”
You used to say.
You really did live your life in the fast lane,
Honestly? … I think me, Paul and the rest of us, just couldn’t keep up!
We are sorry … you won’t be here to lead the way, sing that musical, give us a lift to the party … or start one when we all didn’t know what else to do.
You also used to say
“Stop the world I want to get off!”
Well I guess it has stopped, and you got off … down here at least.
But you know, I can’t see you looking down on us, looking back!
You and Derek will in the middle of it … somewhere up there,
And heaven will be a better place for you in it.
Although, it won’t be quiet.
So this is for you!
Always look on the bright side of life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPOzQzk9Qo
Giles
30th October 2017