Janette Hoppe #27 Domestic Goddess

my washing machine is in revolt
and I fear that I am to remain a Domestic Goddess
eighteen years and five children later
this was not how I imagined my life

I once had aspirations of being a poet
a famous poet -
with excerpts appearing in other poet's works
each year passing
another wrinkle in the place
where a poem used to be

you have never held me back
you have always been supportive
encouraging me to follow my dreams

But sometimes -
dreams fade in the waking hours
and the pile of poems in my head
are laundered with the daily washing

folded and forgotten.