The New Adventures of Mr Stephen Fry » Topic: Another Poem Wot I Wrote http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/another-poem-wot-i-wrote Just another bbPress community en-US Tue, 21 May 2013 12:25:00 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/search.php Rainbird on "Another Poem Wot I Wrote" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/another-poem-wot-i-wrote#post-51429 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:12:01 +0000 Rainbird 51429@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ A MOTHER’S DISGRACE<br /> By<br /> Francine Rainbird<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> She had a full blown psychiatric disorder,<br /> No flowers were sent or put on order,<br /> The days got longer and longer not shorter,<br /> Visitors came in the main to see her new daughter.<br /> <br /> The baby was well the family could tell,<br /> But the mother sat in a corner all alone in hell,<br /> Tears of grief and sadness constantly fell,<br /> The doctor came &amp; went speaking as if in a well.<br /> <br /> Her life was on hold her family were told.<br /> Post-natal illness unheard of in days of old,<br /> Friends and neighbours were never told,<br /> Baby blues ‘yes’, but the answer was to scold.<br /> <br /> Nowadays, the mothers are treated with care,<br /> Now everyone is becoming much more aware,<br /> The babies &amp; toddlers are continually there,<br /> Partners, parents and siblings are now able to share.<br /> <br /> The term post natal illness is more common place, <br /> The world is slowly becoming a new place,<br /> A mother hood no longer in disgrace,<br /> Now tears of joy, not sadness, fall on her face.