Prose for Thought | ‘Bring it On’ – a parody of ‘Let it Go’ from Frozen, for a friend turning forty x

The time moves forward on the hourglass tonight –
Not a frown line to be seen.
A kingdom of inspiration,
and it looks like you’re the Queen.

The date is here now,
on the winding path of life –
Cannot hold it back;
Heaven knows I’ve tried!

So bring it on! Open the door!
Be the fabulous, forty year old, you have to be,
Conceal the grey,
don’t let them know;
they cannot know!

Bring it on! Bring it on!
You are a girl of the seventies born.
Bring it on! Bring it on!
Leave your thirties at the door.

Here you stand,
Looking grand,
Let time lead you onâ€¦
Age shouldn’t bother you anyway!

It’s funny how some champagne,
Makes everything seem fine –
And the things that once bugged you –
Don’t get to you at all.

It’s time to see, what you can do,
To turn forty, and break through,
Swim that bay and eat that cake –
No rules for you!

Your power fizzes through the bubbles in your drink,
Your soul is sparkling, in party fractals all around,
And one thought crystallises, like Abba singing ‘Waterloo’,
You will party on and the best is yet to come!

So bring it on! Bring it on!
And party till the break of dawn,
Bring it on! Bring it on!
Cause ‘Love is All Around’

There you stand, in the light of forty,
Let the party rage on…

Age shouldn’t bother you anyway.

The beautiful friend this song is attributed to (in the black and white striped top in the photo below) has spent several years parenting as an expat, like me, and so we’ve sent many a ‘pick me up’ e-mail over the years. We met at Sixth Form College in England, when we were sixteen. I only spent a few years with her, but those were our very ‘formative’ years! She’s now living in Sydney, after many years in Dubai, and I very much look forward to seeing her in person again – when we return to New Zealand, after this current stint in California, USA.

And a video of me singing this song – (excuse the poor singing – but seeing as I’m now forty I’m past caring what people think! Have a good laugh xxx). In case you don’t recognise me in the photo above (have I really changed THAT much?!!) – I’m the one showing far too much leg!