No Whiners

One of those days
where my eyeballs
feel gritty
and my brain
is too heavy
for my skull

Like trying
to balance
a bowling ball
on a bendy straw
is how
my neck feels.

It's a special day
the kind of special
that makes
one long
for ordinary

I don't complain
as a rule

I drove myself
to the hospital
to have my second baby

I will myself
to do things

That's
the kind
of girl
I am

I won't ever forget
the incredulous looks
the nurses gave each other
when i walked in at 4 am
alone

they kept checking
behind me
to make sure
i hadn't forgotten
anyone

I didn't

That's how
I wanted
Things to be