Too tired to play today
Too tired to play today
I stayed inside on a beautiful day
And slept like Rip Van Winkles kin
And when I awoke I was too tired again
The children ask to play their games
They want me to run around in the grass
And chase them upstairs to make time pass
But I just smile and tell them sorry
I'm too tired to play today
I am not old and was so strong
I could chase my boys all day long
But the strokes have stolen my energy
Now I watch or more often listen
As they tell me of things that I'm missin'
Because I had to go back to bed
My weary body refused to play
As I tell them Sorry, I'm too tired today
They smile at me and kiss me quick
And run for the door lickety-split
They grow up knowing that I cannot play
Now they have stopped asking
And with each passing day
I miss their faces as I chased them down
tickled their bellies and kissed their cheeks
Their screams of delight as they yelled
You can't get me!!
I sit here writing of things I now miss
As they no longer come asking for me
Because I'm the one who used to play
I wish that I could but not today
I'm going back to bed
I'm too tired to play today
LBW 2005
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