For the first time in ages we used the time <br />we had to ourselves, I enjoyed lying in your <br />lap, a lovely massage, you claimed if you were <br />an Eskimo in a frozen land your people would <br />have died out, you do not like to brave the cold <br /> <br />As the weather warms we have some fun, I love <br />a good back-rub, if I can beat the cat and the dog <br />to your lap, you are too much in demand, also have <br />to contend with Nici and Tiaan, if they get there first <br />I cannot claim my place - at least when we are in bed <br /> <br />I hook my leg over yours and hold you tight, when strange <br />dreams mar my sleep and I grow scared, you are always <br />there, the few times we are separate I cannot sleep at all <br />awake all night as if I had eaten a million slices of bread: <br />last night Willem brought me nine koeksisters <br /> <br />In a stainless steel glass as the fierce ladies in charge <br />refused to give him a whole packet for himself – by the <br />way, they were good, but not as delicious as those made <br />by grandma Alice – yet I slept well, safe in your embrace: <br />when I first met you, I thought you were an angel <br /> <br />Today I am even more convinced than before of your super- <br />natural powers - grandma Alice used to thank you over and <br />over for taking good care of me, she saw something no-one <br />else saw: The angelic sign over your face, the bright aura <br />of your being, she knew without a doubt <br /> <br />You would take care of her granddaughter who needed grandma <br />Alice to take care of her when she stayed in a flat all by herself - <br />in the end you took care of my dad also – another person who <br />thrived under the care of my grandma…<br /><br />Margaret Alice<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/2010-08-16-safe-embrace/
