Chaos
By Marie Matheny
Getting the grandkids
For the weekend
Starts out sweet and calm
Soon it turns to chaos
As time lingers on
Sleep deprivation
Too many sweets
Turns to aggravation
Between them and me
They play good for five minutes
Then argue for twenty
As the day wears on
It never is too pretty
My patience goes out the window
I’m yelling at both of them
They are crying and fighting
Total chaos to the end
I tell myself
After it’s done and over
It’ll be a long while
Before I have them over
But one weekend comes and goes
I forget the chaos and then
Before I know what I have done
They’re back with me again
It’s a never-ending cycle
Coming to Nana’s on weekends
This chaos and confusion
I fear will someday end
Love, love my grandkids
Love them to the core
Love the chaos and confusion
And the memories even more…