Fix the car, change the oil.
Pick up the kids at three.
Buy groceries, mend my socks,
get the cat out of the tree.
I forgot some things at the store,
but dinner is at five!
Oh my goodness, dad,
I don't your fish are alive!
So many jumbled thoughts,
racing through your mind.
So many tiny things to deal with,
I just don't have enough time.
Bedtime is a night mare,
because they just won't go to sleep.
Sink is overflowing
from dishes piled too deep.
But somewhere in the distance,
a calm, cool voice is heard;
"Step back and breathe, beloved,"
calming me with the kindest words.
Author notes
Hopefully a little bit of truthful comedy... the tribulations of a Mr. Mom. lol
A contest entry
- Stress!!! by Scarlet x Stone.
550 points, ended November 9, 17 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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This shows the nightmares that happen both day and night for a single parent. Best of luck to you with this in the contest, and best of luck in life as a parent that loves your kids.
Joann
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Too true.. about bedtime being a nightmare, my kids will keep prolonging thier waking hours just to finally make me go insane..I love this poem and good luck in the contest
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Hey, this is brilliant. Funny, yet so very true to what life is like. Always so much to do that you hardly have time to chill out and relax. Thank you for entering xxx
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