A bold vision takes shape in her husband’s mind
crowds out the mundane
Wondering if the world is ready to embrace it
will it be boon, or will it be bane? …
Though driving his wife nearly insane
Adding ‘pay husband extra attention’
to her joyous day of ~
doing three full loads of laundry
carpooling to three different schools
supervising homework assignments
dusting, sweeping, mopping, vacuuming
preparing three meals for a family of six
and washing
the dirty dishes ~
Thank God for the mundane
for keeping the wife’s vision plain
Shared clothing through years
carpooling to school events
mud pies and backyard
Life’s moving too fast
house is trashed
Football, cheerleading, band
carpooling all over the land
From here to there and everywhere
look at the roots in my hair
Never get it curled
seems like it’s all a blur
Guess what I overheard
doesn’t matter anyway
I’m in a rush today
Gotta fill the car
tonight’s “Dancing with the Stars”
He’s at the bar
making extra dough
season’s here you know
Did I flip the clothes
Who knows
Need my rainbow and pot of gold
Is that how your story goes?
What's so important? I said to myself
While rushing out in a spiffy
It started me thinking of what use to be
As I grew up in the mid-fifties
When I was 13 it was important to have
The essentials of everyday life
A radio, records, Spalding, some chalk
A rope, bubble gum and a bike
My jeans were six bucks, no designers, no labels
Six channels on TV, no discs, dish or cable
No yahoo or Google , no computer to boot
No carpooling kids, all trips made on foot
But now the essentials when leaving my home
Is an Ipod, Blackberry, a camera cell phone
I must pack a water, wear jeans with a label
And ALL of my TV's are hooked up to cable.
Important? It isn't..... I'd give them all up
I'd go back to my six dollar jeans
When families together would sit down for dinner
Then watch Lucy on one screened TV
When schools did not have metal detectors
When kids could play out on the streets
When mothers were home making children their breakfast
And ice cream was considered a treat !!
It's 2009 and it is what it is
Important means all that you own
But for those who have lived in those mid-fifty years
Important means family and home.
Newsstand vendor
Side walk cleaner
Early morning commuter
Tired truck driver
Careful bus driver
Carpooling white-collar workers
Each day I witness this entourage of sorts,
the movement of the masses,
the migration of the worker.
We are all part of the same
system that guides us,
yet at times rejects us.
However, we do it again each day.
A day in the life.
But, what do we live for?
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