so ill spend all day working til my fingers bleed and my brain aches
masticating on life and
thinking, hoping, praying we make it through okay
i’m lightened by brilliant people and
laughter at the silliness at it all.
the telephone rings off it’s cradle and
i listen
and learn
and live through.
a maelstrom of over-information
grand plans that smack into the floor
egos that block the door.
i finally reach the finish line and
race to hold you in my arms.
At the end of the day,
when the dishes are done
the laundry hung
the bed made for the fifteenth time
yet another sticky mess cleaned from the walls…
you’re clean from your bath and
you ask for your favourite nightie
just as you fall asleep
you say
“i love you more than anything in the whole wide world. you are the most beautiful mama of ever”
it’s you that makes every moment worth it.