Poetry

Wiped out

Drained

Emotionally unstable

Forgot to take pills

Exhausted

Body wants sleep

Brain wants awake

Body sorta winning

Too many things to do

Yet no motivation

oh

and it’s raining

meh

what a day

It is not often

I am up for the sun’s arrival.

In the grey misty light

sipping my coffee

I contemplate

what the world

offers me.

Or at least

for the day ahead of me.

She’s the cutest thing

you ever did see.

Sleek and black

and sometimes elegant.

Ferocious in a heartbeat

when jealousy attacks

then calm and collected

as if nothing was the matter.

She is a cat

after my own heart.

Always learning

never stagnant

Finding out unknown strengths

or honing previous ones

Time spent

in education

whatever form

is always valuable

Confidence

is the greatest skill of all

Patience is a virtue

and most of the time

I can distract myself

to look like

I am being patient.

But really

enough is enough!

Can you not just call me already!

Baked on

only to be scraped off.

Thought out

up until that point.

Attempting to remember

doesn’t help.

So go with the flow

as the baking goes on.

Just don’t ask

what flavour.

When you care

and can do the punishments

required to motivate the child.

When the atmosphere

is conducive to making

that particular someone

understand

that smoky kitchens

are not what breakfast should be made of.

As thankful as you are

for the burnt food

things need to be cleaned

afterwards!

Getting up

walking around the house

What’s that smell?

and where?

Where is it coming from?

Is it a deposit from an unhappy cat?

but I did their bathrooms last night?

No, not that.

Is it the garbage?

Yes it needs to be taken out

but that is not it.

Huh,

what is that smell?

Oh, wait!

‘sniffs’ the couch blanket.

Found it!

Time for a wash.

And maybe get the teenager that sits here

to do so as well.

The warmer weather

used to mean

getting outside

and visiting friends

and going places

for fun.

Instead

we must stay away

from all the people

who are not in our household

and wave or walk away

so as to not

contract the plague.

Prescriptions issued.

Illegal or street drugs.

Pain relievers.

High or lows experiencing.

Transporting the mind.

Out of body flights.

Managing diseases.

Cleaning out the systems.

Bad or good.

There are drugs for use.