Decline

Decline My eyes ache So sore Oh the ache So tired I can’t breathe No air No air And night after night after night after night The cries come from the crib And I’m flung into consciousness As I nurse and I shush and I hush and pat and I yawn One time two times three times four Eyes aching Body aching But I can’t seem to sleep And I toss and I turn Sideways On my back On my belly With pillow Without pillow Sheets on Sheets off And the seconds become minutes become hours My anxiety meets the rays of morning light Which pierce through the blinds Oh God no It’s morning How will I make it through today Fatigue wraps her claws around me Tighter and Tighter each day Life forced sucked I am a brittle shell And you with me so cold So cool So curt So short And I wonder Where are you? What have we become? Giggles Chatter Questions Replace the cries from the crib Air filled lungs No sore eyes I’m ready to work on this But you are gone And he asks, Why don’t you live with us anymore