poetry falcon's Post

and so it is with one hour of sleep and burning back and neck tight and crooked in the heavy night the toddler needs me and walk and walk and sing and sing and finally collapse on the sofa with him on top of me still awake but he doesn't struggle and seems to doze off so i clench him and try to rise up but almost topple us both over i am so tired and i walk him down the loud creaky hardwood hallway and lay him down but he almost wakes up again and as we lay there he wakes up several times but is reassured that he can feel me next to him until finally after i've fallen asleep and been awakened a several times i think i can escape and i do
for now
By: via poetry falcon