Ode to the Turn Around Wife

Turn Around Wife

Turnaround wives, we know who we are!

Oh the life of a Turn Around Queen

for to live it you must be more than keen

because they are not ordinary lives

they are  lives filled with constant interruption.

***

Now you were here, but then you are gone.

The garden hose got left on and 

The dog puked on the floor.

but don’t worry

I’m on it! I got it all done!

I’m getting good at switching gears

from full throttle to neutral

from the bed shared to sleeping alone

from aching body to satiated groans

you come and then you go.

Tenacious and versatile

I’ve had many jobs 

you have had one

I’ve made friends you may never meet 

and I’ve packed up our kids and our home

more than once.

The mastery of the turn around wife;

manage the business and run the show 

walk the dog and go to the gym

feed the children and tuck them in

mow the lawn and wax the bush

life is full on when you are gone

Ah but the dog looses her mind when you 

walk through the door

the kids come running like its Christmas 

morning

My heart flutters, my face blushes and my 

panties moisten

at the sound of your voice, your arms 

wrapping around my waist

and that long awaited kiss

knocking my socks off like you did

our first time and I digress

and we retreat

and for a few precious days, we are complete

you resting between odd jobs

checking them off the “honey-due” list

my name of course listed as number one

and we find our groove it’s good, its really good.

I remember all the reasons I love you

and all the things you do to drive me crazy

and then just like that

it’s time to turn around.

Now you are here but then you are gone

a silence lingers in the space you belong

I feel only half here

I wander lost in the house 

disorientated by your absence

and it takes me a day, or sometimes two

to find myself again.

Oh there you are, You! Me! 

Here we go again, life with just me.

I am capable, I am strong, I am good on my own!

I am focused on the horizon

nose down, doing the work

keeping eyes on the prize

making the short term sacrifice

for our long term goals! 

I got this shit covered, I know the score! 

2&2, 19&12

12&4, 

our lives lived in the increment

of turn arounds

with and without

yet doing it together

because that’s what love does

it adapts 

it flexes and it flows

and above all else it knows

that us together is better

than us alone!