I like a well-organized living space
and a well-orchestrated calendar.
But I have kids who keep trashing the place
and are scheduled to be both near and far.
They haven’t yet learned to pick up their stuff
creating trails from front door to their beds.
Attempts to correct are met with rebuff, so
the clutter and mess continue to spread.
As for the calendar, don’t let me start:
Appointments, sports practice, music lessons,
of our schedule, that’s only one part.
There’s still school and homework before we’re done.
It’ll be better in summer, you say?
Enrichment classes, sleepovers with friends,
math and reading forced between hours of play.
Long family trip, no routine to tend.
But somehow
the schedule remains full; the mess still stays.
