I dare you, defy!
You can’t argue forever
Or maybe you can.
The demands don’t end.
Up at dawn and down too late.
You are exhausting.
Real: bedtime struggles
when dealing with threenagers.
They want what they want.
Oh, you look so sweet.
You finally closed your eyes
and your sassy mouth.
This is amazing. Trying to write in haiku always hurts my head. And you captured mothering a three year old so perfectly!
I love this. There are so many things that go along with parenting a threenager. 🙂
Brilliant!
Seriously? You're a rock star. This was funny, true and so smart.
GO YOU!
brilliant! well done. I love haiku
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