A poem for Thursday

A little poem for today (and I don’t know what’s up with the AABCCB rhyme scheme I just made up; I’m feeling odd today – perhaps I hit my head when I fell and just don’t remember):

Today, This Thursday

Today began with my arse on the ice;

Walking Buster, I slipped more than twice.

But only once was I totally felled

By an unkind neighbor’s unsalted drive.

At least I didn’t completely swan dive

Into the dirty, slushy road snow that dwells.

Today the sun has been shining bright

And I sure hope its heat bears its might

Down upon the remaining icy ways

That make me – unlikely! – wish for spring

And all the annoyingly happy sunshine it brings.

I long to read outdoors in a chaise.

Instead, I am stuck inside, at my desk

Surfing for jobs that are not grotesque

So the hubby can find something he enjoys -

Somewhere he’ll be happy to go every day

With a boss who won’t make him want to run away

So hopefully on weekends he can jam with the boys.

I don’t feel like it’s too much to ask

For steady employment with a list of tasks

That don’t contradict or require odd hours

So we could have family weekends

And do crazy things like see our friends!

And the hubs and I could feel more empowered.

The bills keep coming and paying is a stretch;

And I have no interest in continuing to kvetch,

But this lack of money and of free time

Is taking a toll on my home and my life

And I’d rather enjoy being a wife

And all the things in a life sublime.

So here’s to hoping we all find peace

And a little place where we belong and can decrease

The stresses that chase us in our minds,

Leaving us only with happy, grateful notions

And the confidence that we, indeed, can move oceans

Because we have the love, support, and time

Of those with whom our lives intertwine.