Cleaning Lady

I've been working on my writing lately and one of writing prompts was to write about a less than remarkable aspect of my life-

                                      THE CLEANING LADY

I am the cleaning lady

No pride or glamour in my profession

I pick up other's messes

Scouring and polishing to temporary perfection

Down on hands and knees

Cleaning floors that are dirtied again with no regard

I am the cleaning lady

Picking up the pieces of broken lives

Trying to mend heartaches

Sweeping away the pain

Always needed - not always acknowledged.

I am the cleaning lady

I am a Mother.