Executive Board (Photo credit: Nestlé)
who
would dare
interrupt the CEO
whose door is closed
whose head bends toward the desk
whose gaze holds fast to a glowing screen
whose pen scratches hastily on the narrow-ruled page
whose decisions affect thousands of workers and performance of stock
Beth Nyland 
cold and curt, like the CEO to the children. love it.
Thanks for the comment. At first, I set out to write about my own day, which was fraught with interruptions. I was feeling sorry for myself. I actually planned to write a second stanza that somehow expressed what “could be” if I just had the mental space. But as the whiny words hit the page, I began to see the selfishness. So I stopped the poem after one stanza and moved on. When your comment came in, my gut reaction was “ouch, she’s right.” The last thing I want to be is cold and curt … so today I’ll make sure this is not autobiographical!
sorry to comment with a punch, but it was meant as a compliment. you perfectly captured the essence of a working mother/father who can sometimes get too caught up in work. fear not, i am sure you are far too emotionally in-tune to veer to far off the road of loving motherhood. keep walking the line.