Hame

Fae the first chin grab,
Blood  blue eyes shining strip lights
Tripping medical wires glistening
It was forever you and me 
He was embarrassed, see
Embarressed tae be 
Da, Dad, Daddy
Was young and daft
White lines tae damp flats
Pulling him back. Trapped.
The grass was greener for restless he
While we knuckled under  
In they wee days
Forever you and me
Duvet curled I gazed at crumbled thee. 
Followed aw finger prints
Watched you grow wae glee
First pincer grip, babble word, crawl
Cruising couches stawnin tall
I’d bawl it fae the roof tops 
Proud to be yer 
Ma, Mum, Mammy
By Christmas we became two, no three
Endless conveyors of state sponsored meddlers
I know what they thought of we
Wasters, statistics scoundrels
Wanten, attention seeking, hysterical me.
But that wisnae tae be
Forever you and me we
Scribbled oot our own map
On the carpet of oor ground floor flat
Three bars up 
We played jigsaws at oor detractors
Made forts fae pillows
Armadas out of Pound Shoap tractors 
Jumping through Joab Centre hoops
Water aff oor proud  backs
We brushed off the pryers when asked about Daddy
We imagined a feast fae the foodbank and bided oor time 
So if I ever grapple for thee, 
Squeeze too tight, 
Nag about bath times
Switch on the light
Just tae swatch your eyelashes when you’re sleeping
If I still blend yer veg, embarrass ye when yer pals are in. 
I am only sorry, see, 
you were reason and this is oor church
We made it together you and me
Planned the foundation, 
Built waws and opened doors
Tae make a hoose, a hame and family