SARAH JOHNSON
The Menopause is … The menopause is like a leech It sucks the life out of you You would not have it as a pet You would not go out and get one Pointless and painful The menopause is like a hurricane Stay inside She is on her way to rip up the town Wild and angry And then an eerie calm The menopause is like the ocean Frothy, salty and wet Mysterious No one really knows what lies deep below the surface It changes by the day It does not stay still Constantly moving Back and forth Happy, sad Go with the tide The tide of life My body floating on the tide of life Wearing away at the beach It’ll never be the same again Take one womb With a handful of doom Dry from blood Is all well and good When you’ve hit middle-age You’re constantly in a daze One sweaty hormonal wife Teetering on the edge of life Crying and shouting in her prime Why is this happening all of the time? 34
