25 The Joy of Parenting

My kids wake up trying to find their mom
I’m roused by sounds of their cries and questions
They search round and round like a CD rom
Scouring the house not taking suggestions
She’s in the bed sleeping one room over
Snoring at rest and she isn’t hiding
Back and forth like a game of red rover
Across the floor just slipping and sliding
They know where she is but won’t let me sleep
Now I must rise to give her location
I enter her room like some kind of creep
To break up her slumber like proration
Kids wake me up at 5 every day
Just to find mom who is sleeping away