The World Would Be Small And Safe

[Diary Notes]

When ironing I feel the warmth and comfort of

grandma Alice’s presence as if she may appear

and the world would be small and safe as it was

when she was in charge - every day she prepared

a school lunch for everyone and I used to help her

 

Ironing, day-dreaming so much I had a headache in

the end: grandma had everything organised, started

dinner right on time, determining who was to help 

cutting vegetables, if it was Peter Pan all was joy 

& fun, the sun came out and the world turned

 

Into a beautiful place, it was great to march through

life under grandma, wiping the paving outside, to 

know she would never let us down, always in time 

to pick us up after school, going to music lessons, 

collecting us again: ironing is one of the good 

Things in life - holding great memories of a time 

when life was so small, it revolved around grandma 

Alice and the treats she provided, her radio programmes 

and the jokes she repeated afterwards – thank you grandma 

for making us feel safe in our house…