By Miriam Erasmus
Granny, where are you going ?
Oh, nowhere special, dear.
I thought perhaps I’d take a stroll
Round the garden to watch it grow.
Maybe pull a weed here and there,
Or sit and think on the swinging chair.
Listen to the birds or smell the flowers.
I’m just taking it easy.
Granny, what are you doing ?
Oh, nothing much, my dear.
I’ve a bag of wool and some patterns
To knit something – what, doesn’t matter.
There’s some sewing in the basket,
Some jewels and sequins in the casket.
Needles and threads of all different sizes.
I’m just taking it easy.
Granny, what are you thinking ?
Oh, nothing in particular, dear.
Thoughts flash through my mind
Like butterflies on the wind.
Sometimes I dream of gentler days.
Of meadows sweet in the Summer haze.
Or holidays by the shining sea,
Or when we built a house in the tree.
Thinking can be sad, sometimes, but –
I’m just taking it easy.
Granny, why did you leave us ?
Oh, I had no choice, my dear.
I’ll come with you as you take a stroll
Round the garden to watch it grow.
You can have the sewing in the basket,
The jewels and sequins in the casket.
We’ll dream together of gentled hours.
I’m always with you, but, just for now –
I’m just taking it easy.
Author Bio:
Miriam was born in Lewes, Sussex in 1948.
For the last 77 years her life has revolved around the gift of music.
At college in the 60s, she learned the guitar and became enamoured with folk songs, which led to a 4 year career as “Miriam Backhouse. The First Lady of Folk”.
She still tours Europe every Summer.
In 1977 she married John Erasmus and moved to South Africa.
Miriam and John ( who died in May 2023 ) shared a love of music and raised a family on these talents, playing music from Opera to Rock ’n’ Roll and Nursery Rhymes !
Their main work was as “Auntie Mim and John” touring the Pre Primary and Junior Primary Schools in KwaZulu Natal from 1987 to 2018.
Mim devised over 40 shows, including Puppet Shows, and wrote nearly 300 songs and poems.
Her life has trodden many paths:- musician, sound worker, educator, model, seamstress, puppeteer, actress, wife, mother and grandmother.
Now, she is a journalist, sharing her adventures in South Africa and on her travels.
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