Power Made Perfect Through Illness

when we're morally inept

Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash

While I was sick,
the floor is splattered sticky,
the toys strewn about,
fights go unchecked,
the snack drawer is raided,
and the TV reigns supreme.

We lay about lethargic
numbed by the blue light
and pacified by fairytales:
ninjas captured in a genie's sword,
20-minute yard transformations,
delectable bakes presented to…