One moment I am unpredictable,
reacting with spontaneity to everything.

The next
I am following
a strict standard
set for me as a child.

Sometimes with my children
I am care-free, playing and laughing.
So free from worry and responsibility
that I become like them, lively,
simple and a smart-aleck.

In a fraction of a second,
I grow up.
Feeling pressured.
proper,
tired and angry.
I realize I have responsibilities
to live up to
and work to do.

I am like two different people.