Roundabout

(Written during lockdown)

The roundabout goes on
Never stopping
Round and round
The roundabout can’t slow down
You don’t slow down
No time to think 
Just do
And keep going
Never stopping 
I start making dinner
“Muuuuuum I need a wee”
You sit on the potty
I carry on cooking our dinner
“Muuuuuum I’ve finished”
You finish on the potty
I carry on cooking our dinner
“Muuuuuum I want to watch something”
“Please, say please 
It makes all the difference”
“Please can I watch something”
We decide on Daniel Tiger 
I carry on cooking our dinner
“Muuuuuu I’m hungry”
“Please say please 
It makes all the difference” 
Repeat 
Repeat
Repeat
I give you a snack 
To help buy me time 
To continue cooking our dinner
So close to eating and so far away
“Muuuuuum” and so it goes on
I listen to the radio
Zoe Ball and Sara Cox bookend my day
I’ve grown to like them
It feels like I know them
I dance in the kitchen
You look up from Daniel Tiger
You laugh and run in to join me 
We giggle and dance 
Around the dusty kitchen floor
That needs sweeping
And save that for another day.
This roundabout is dancing now 
My favourite thing to do
Dinner can wait
Dancing can never wait
This roundabout goes on.