I always thought I couldn’t sing

A fact I couldn’t change

But I was only trying to sing

An octave out of my range

Monsters in the Closet

Everyone’s scared of something

It isn’t only you

Some are scared of elephants

Or boas at the zoo

Some will never set a foot

Inside a haunted house

Other scream and run in fear

Each time they see a mouse

Bridges, needles, spiders

Or underwater leeches

Monsters in the closet

Or giving public speeches

Some are scared of airplanes

That sail the skies of above

But remember when you’re scared, my sweet

To treat yourself with love

I always feel like quite a hero

When I can get to inbox zero

Emails put in proper folders

Such a weight comes off my shoulders

Life’s chaotic as a whole

But this one thing is in control

All day long, all she wants is Daddy

She wails as I extract her from his lap

Daddy kisses? She inquires sweetly

When it’s time for her to take a nap

But now he tries to interest her

In reading Llama Llama

As I attempt to sneak away

But all she wants is Mama

I had to write a paper

But I didn’t have a clue

What the book might be about

Or when it would be due

I finished up my schooling

In Two Thousand and Nine

But the fear of being unprepared

Is always in my mind

When the terrifying love swells up

And joy turns into fear

I offer up a prayer of thanks

And hold my child near

Hold it by the stem

Take a breath

And gently blow

Now make a secret wish

And watch the tiny seed pods go

A party by the ocean

I planned that we would host

To introduce our toddler

To our friends on the East Coast

A day of fun and laughter

A gathering inside

But Delta swept it all away

Like castles with the tide