Because this is once in a lifetime lockdown with our kids !.. (or so I hope!) and I hear so many cribs (including myself). While so so many things are tough and crazy what's beautiful is the family time and togetherness that we are getting today this lockdown. So let's cherish it, max it, enjoy the mess and clean up later.
I used all those feelings and channelized it into writing this short poem. Hope you enjoy it!
Here goes!
I wake up in the morning with a lovely little bum on my face
I struggle all day looking for a spot with decent WiFi and space.
I track my BigBasket twice an hour trying to stock up on the stash
How Ketchup, Makhana, Cheese Slices all vanish in a flash
Why are my kids extra-loving, enthu and clingy during work calls?!
Peeping heads are now a usual & noise is travelling across walls
There is this breather- The holy 1-hour nap that comes at a cost
With a negative ROI, putting them to sleep is more time lost
Sugar and Chocolates are 'Essentials' at ours, I have never baked so much in a week
Kitchen Experiments are at a rise and screen time is at its peak!
So are the cuddles and snuggles & toddler talks along balcony walks
With a multiplying vocabulary, their logic sometimes gives me the shocks
Exercising in my house is like calendar blocking, better be a planned affair
Be it the venue, the hour or the spouse, if nothing coincides I just whisper a little prayer
It is a tough phase, but I must admit there is some magic in this house arrest
This big fat summer vacation of theirs is all messy love and a madness fest
So work-pocha-play and repeat. Do nothing or everything, laugh laze and eat
Shake a leg or break a leg, cook lick clean-up & don't mind the cheat.
I believe this 24*7 lockdown with our kids is also for some memories to make
Because routine is always there for life ahead…… now let's go bake a cake!
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