mommy poetry

Breast to Bottle

Oh little baby, it has been so long that we have been attached from part of me and daddy, you were hatched. For many months I provided your full nutrition but for giving up I feel the need for contrition. But now little baby, from the breast you occasionally drink, certainly not nearly as much [...]

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Mounting

Mounting dishes Mounting laundry Mounting work Mounting pressure Mounting fears Mounting guilt Never so many wishes In such a quandry Never felt like such a jerk Need to have a refresher of how from these tears confidence was built. It doesn’t matter how much I feel I’ve conquered and won, in this battle that’s motherhood, [...]

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Wishful Wednesday

I wish that I had more hours in the day, and wish I had just one more hand. And I wish for another way for me to be able to stand the hours I hardly sleep. I wish the laundry would disappear and a neat house I could keep. For one thing that is clear [...]

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