What is enough

My kids and literature and husband and family and books

One smile
A word
What is enough for you is enough for me
I am enough for you

I rush around
Signing you up
For taekwando and gymnastics and art and abacus  and swimming and dance and piano
I worry I haven't signed you up yet for tennis  and for creative writing and Mandarin and soccer
And i fear
I can't do enough for you
I want to be there for you every afternoon when you are home
I want to bathe you and cook for you and feed you
I want to mould you and shape you and support you
I want and want and want..
Then I read your school essay
You say you spent an afternoon picnic with me
And that you liked it coz you got to spend time with me
And I realise
You only want me

I am enough 

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I rush you around:
Taekwondo and gymnastics and art and abacus and dance and piano and swimming and sports

I worry

There isn’t time for tennis and soccer and in-line skating and Mandarin and writing and speech and drama

And I fear 
I can't do enough for you 
I want to be there for you every afternoon
I want to bathe you and cook for you and feed you
I want to mould you and shape you and support you 
I want… and I want… and I want…

Then I read your school essay.

You describe an afternoon picnic with me,
that you liked it because you got to spend time with me

And I realise –

You only want me & I am enough.