Bad Mum day
I wrote this last night after having one of "those days"
"I love you good night sweet dreams"
I sigh heavy about to walk away
but then I just stand there still
as i think about our day
Your little heads rest gently,
you lay there tucked in tight
I know I failed at mum today, tommorow will be better..it just might
Maybe I should have worried less about the farm, the jobs, the mess, I should have been more patient
I should have been my best
Today was ment to be a good day
I was set to be that mum
That speaks without scolding, that's kind and smiley and fun
I fell asleep by mistake I had million things to do. Dishes sat in the sink dirty washing scattered through every room.
I woke up quick as lightning
fear weighed heavy on my mind
I had so much to do today but now I didnt have the time.
I rush you through your breakfast
I get you quickly dressed
I tell you to "hurry find your shoes!"
I'm a grumpy, impatient mess
I leave the cold half coffee
to sit there on the bench
I'm stressing about doing too many things ..I'm a distracted unkept wrench
We miss the bus by seconds
I swear inside my mind
I blame you for moving too slowly
My words are thoughtless and unkind
I rush back home to tackle
all those things I'd planned to do
but I see it's time to head to work now
I leave the the house a messy unrule.
I try to think of dinner as I'm putting up a fence, I start to remember my morning now my heart floods with deep regret
It's a busy day of farming
So many mistakes made by me
But my biggest mistake by far today
was not being the mum you need
I tell myself I'll do better when the boys come home from school
I tell myself just start again
I give myself 3 rules
I'm not to be impatient
I will not yell today
I'LL stop sweatting about the messy house that never goes away
I'm late to meet the school bus
So you walk home you know the way
I give you jobs the moment your in
I don't even ask about your day
I cook tea and sort some washing then it's bath and teeth and bed
I stand in the doorway and wish sweet dreams as you lay down your little heads
I'm standing here knowing how much
I failed to be your mum. I should have enjoyed each moment my sweet and precious sons
I know that you need better
But as you lay in bed tonight
please know tommrow il try my best
to be a mum... a mum who gets it right.
About this poem
I wrote this poem in tears after Long hard day
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Submitted by aliceschipper100 on July 28, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X XABA CDD EF AXX X GHX XFXX CII XHCH XXXB X GCAX XXX EAA XAXA XX XX XDFD |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 2,357 |
Words | 512 |
Stanzas | 19 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 3, 2, 3, 1, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 1, 4, 3, 3, 4, 2, 2, 4 |
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