Tantrum

by Andrea Djennas

When furious, like a nor'easter, you can hurl a canoe
Your tiny train engine battens down for a beating
Cloaked in tiny fingers, its blue wooden form is
Amazingly solid as it meets the white plastered walls
Then slides down
To the crumb speckled floor.

Little fists plummet toward the nearest object
Me.
Frustrated arms reach out
Greeting tears
You squirm into my lap

"Hold you," you say.
"Yes, Mommy hold you." I say.

Together we weathered the storm.

The Author

Andrea Simmons Djennas moved to Sweden in September 2003 after reuniting with her high-school sweetheart via the internet, after almost 23 years. Having written for the Vermont Times and other small community papers, Andrea's true passion is writing poetry and painting. Her poem Tantrum is one of many she has written on the subject of Parenting. "The theme Winging It brings to mind raising my son, an on-going experiment in helping another human being find his way n this crazy planet...a sometimes overwhelming and terrifying challenge, his love is my constant muse."