Would you like

Would you like a cup of tea

a smile a nod, a movement from me

takes me through to the tea jenny jar

where the kettle, the teapot and teabags are

Chamomile tea will do for me

a soothing scented cup of calm

to take me back, to the me I should be

not this bilious, jumpy Jimjan

Would you like a cup of tea

I’ve a scrumptious cake from Sainsbury

or a special treat, a Cadbury sweet

please dig in and find your favourite

I would like to sit quiet with you

watch a programme, perhaps that one

home in the country, with lovely views

or we could sit outside, enjoy the sun

Would you like a cup of tea

or coffee, or chocolate, or how about all three

don’t look like that, it’s just a bit of fun

where’s your sense of humour my honey bun

I would like to laugh, to feel good

but life has turned, I’m sad and I’m down

humour has left me I’m not in the mood

leave me in my pit, with my able frown

Would you like a cup of tea

Or how about coffee she says to me

there’s cake and there’s biscuits too many by far

we can sip and chat, just as we are

I would like to go back to the day

to before you left us, taken gently

I’d laugh and joke, have so much to say

how I miss that cup of tea.