THE MOLTING

Looks like sitting in the sun while writing a to do list
Counting the hours you've been at work while at work
To make money to buy food and feeling bad about it

Feels like waiting for the sun to set and missing your kid while he is sleeping

Looks like feeling bad for running knowing it helps you parent but punishing yourself the whole time.

Like waiting all day to see your kid and then wishing you could have some space
Pro con lists
Phone calls and texts asking opinions
Asking my horoscope
My car my journal my watch
Reminding myself he'll only be this young for a while
Being told I wanted a kid
And thinking yes i wanted a career
my health
my friends and my
vitality and myself
And being told
Well sometimes you can’t

Have it all

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Fight Like A Mother: A Celebration of Resistance and Resilience.
A Mother’s Day Poetry Collection