Mommy's Just Fine

You are only three

And you are only seven

Two little perfect princes

Sent down to me from heaven

I love you both more than you know

With every fiber of my soul

Which is why I’ll never share

What your births to me have stole

They say you’re body’s never quite the same

After you go through pregnancy

But after both these c-sections

The understatement of the century

Now there’s so much pain

The doctors call it chronic

It rips my pelvis, burns my nerves

Pulsing, shooting and demonic

At first, I thought it would get better

But it’s only gotten worse

Throbbing now down to my leg now

A cruel and torturous curse

There’s been so many doctors

Endless tests and needles filled

Physical therapy for weeks

So many goddamn pills

I held onto the hope

Eventually, I’d get better

No more endless searches for the bathroom

During concerts, weddings - forever

But now it’s been a few years

So much money down the drain

My body’s still on haywire

Still giving - pain, pain, pain

So what’s a gal supposed to do

When it’s time for the baseball game?

Put on your shoes now, little man

Mommy still loves you all the same