Kids and their issues
Nights with no sleep
Shortcomings, Failures
Secrets to keep
Bedtimes and homework
Tasks to attend
Shopping and cooking
Chores without end
Everyone counting
on me, everyday
Beds made to lie in
Pipers to pay
Dreams disappointed
Miscarried hopes
Unraveled knots at the
end of my rope
Pile growing heavy
straw after straw
Heart growing weary
bleeding and raw
No moving forward
Can’t see the light
Can’t shed this burden
Too tired to fight
Muscles are trembling
help comes too late
barely withstanding
increasing weight
Last splinter waiting
finally falls
crumbling, crashing
down come the walls
Darkness surrounding
no breath to draw
I’m buried beneath
these ten-thousand straws.
June 30, 2020 at 8:51 pm
Goodness. ❤️