Set adrift
on the Sea of Summer Vacation,
I fearfully peered through my blurry spyglass
and felt my heart grow faint.

Ravaged by tsunamis
of fast food dinners,
whipped by towering waves
of late bedtimes,
and sucked mercilessly into the whirlpool
of screen time,
I finally succumbed.

Bravely facing the swirling waters of
Look at this perfectly sculpted birthday cake
I just made
and
My children have already finished
 three
of their library books
Facebook posts,
I edged my way down
the splintery plank and
plunged
into the lonely darkness
of inadequacy.

So here I lie,
washed up on the beach of
Tried So Hard.
And tomorrow,
I set sail once more.