The time of our lives...

Not now. Wait a minute.

Just give me a sec.

I've a lot I must do,

I'm a Corporate Exec.

I've emails to email

and meetings to chair.

I'll try and call from the car

as I head off elsewhere.

I'll FaceTime, I'll Zoom

for your birthday tomorrow.

I'll catch you on Insta...

...remember I follow.

But always remember

why I do what I do

and I do what I do

because I do it for you.

I've worked really hard

to get up to the top,

to buy this big house

so why would I stop?

I've bought you the 'things'

your every desire.

We'll catch up and chat

when I finally retire.

So stop asking me questions.

I must concentrate!

No I can't come and play.

I'm the BOSS...you're just 8!

I'm so busy and time poor

and stuck in this room.

The fabric of life

now exceeding the loom!

I'm too busy for you

with this 'Busy Disease'

I can't catch my breath...

Make it stop please!!

And then just like that

Came Covid-19

and the world came to a stop.

What would this all mean?

For my work all dried up.

My career down the loo.

Who will I BE now?

What will I DO?

The stress and the worry

of loosing all that I had

...then a small voice spoke up...

"You've still got me Dad!"

...so now I mow lawns

and I'm never late, EVER

and every meal time

we sit down together.

The things that I thought

that made us all strong,

the money, that status

was all totally wrong!

This forced slowing down

Is the best thing I could do

to make me the best me

to make you the best you.