Jumble
written by: Nina Taylor
My head is overflowing
It’s running out of space
I try to keep it organised
With everything in place.
But its files are fit to bursting
And scattered all about
I need to get them orderly
I need to sort them out.
But when I try to do so
One jumps up to say
“You haven’t finished with me yet
And it’s not my turn today.
You’ve got to do that other stuff
It’s first upon your list
You’ve left it half completed
It’s just not good enough.”
And so it seems quite clear to me
The tasks will never end.
Just when I think it’s all in hand
More come round the bend.
But time to stop these jumbled thoughts
From filling up my head.
So now I’ll make some Horlicks**
And take myself to bed.
**other bedtime drinks are available
I am a mother and grandmother who enjoys writing but usually just for my own pleasure. I was born in Essex but spent many of my adult years in various overseas wherever my husband was working. I studied Sociology originally at University but began teaching English as a Foreign Language while abroad. On our return to the UK I began working in adult education teaching Literacy and Numeracy but always had a passion for Early Years education. As such I retrained and spent a number of years working as an early years practitioner, until I retired in November 2019. I now live in Leicestershire and have two grown up children and two young grandchildren with whom I love to play and read stories to.. During Lockdown I wrote a number of little short stories for them, which i recorded and shared with them just for fun. My first little children's story book Off to the Beach was published by Bumble Bee Books (part of Olympia Publishers) in April 2021. It really was a lockdown project!
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