Mother's Prayer--by anonymous

I got this from a free paper that use to find it's way to my door twice a year, and it had jokes, adds, some other things, and this poem--which was originally titled parents prayer,

but I re-named it for

Mother's day:

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A Mother's Prayer

anonymous

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Now I lay me down to sleep,

I pray my sanity to keep.

For if some peace I do not find

I'm pretty sure I'll lose my mind.

I pray I find a little quiet

far from the daily family riot

May I lie back and not have to think

about what they're stuffing down the sink.

Or who you're with, or where they're at

and what they're doing to the cat.

I pray for time all to myself

(did something just fall off a shelf?)

To cuddle in my nice soft bed

(Oh no, another goldfish--dead!)

Some silent moment for goodness sake

(Did I just hear a window break?)

And that I need not cook or clean

(Heck , I've got the right to dream)

Yes, now I lay me down to sleep,

I pray my wits about me keep,

But as I look around I know,

I must have lost them long ago!