When I Grow Up (poem)

Story ID:	379
Written by:	Edie Suarez (bio, link, contact, other stories)
Organization:	Basics2Bylines - A WNY Writers' Network
Story type:	Poem
Location:	Lancaster NY USA
Year:	2003
Person:	Myself

When I Grow Up...

When I grow up
Then what will I be
I never expected
To be mother of three

Time went by quick
But where did it go?
When I was younger
It seemed to go slow

The days would drag on
Sometimes with no purpose
But now it seems more like
A giant three-ring circus

Working and cleaning
Taking care of my boys
I need more time
To play with my toys!

Of course, they've evolved
No more dolls anymore
Now it's my computer
Filled with software galore!

Printing pictures and writing
It fills up my day
While at home around me
My youngest sons play

My digital camera
Is calling me out
It takes such great pictures
Of this there’s no doubt

My hobby's evolving
And my talent's expanding
Makes my head spin so much
It's a wonder I'm standing

There's so much to do
And so little time
That going to sleep
Seems such a crime

So, when I grow up
I think what I'd like
Is to market my hobbies
And let work take a hike!