(For all of us who are going through the lovely symptoms of “the change”.  I’m told this won’t last forever…:-) )

The gap between my ears I sense

Is caused by more than air

My inability to think

My memory fade’s blank stare

Someone hit the ‘Pause button

A rebel with a cause

And dimmed the lights within my head

Not stopped, just Meno Paused.

I wake so many times at night

My pillow steaming hot

My jammies soaked from hormone sweats

And I’m left with just one thought…

Someone hit the  ‘Pause button

A rebel with a cause

Leaves me lying in a puddle

Not stopped.  Just Meno Paused.

My eyes seem to be leaking

A faucet uncontrolled

Everything’s so sweet and sad

The tears can’t help but flow.

Someone hit the ‘Pause button

A rebel with a cause

I cry ’til eyes are swollen

Not stopped.  Just Meno Paused.

I’m not alone, it’s rampant

Among my mid-life friends

Tearful talks and flashes hot

Leave us wondering, “Will it end?”

Our husbands think we’re crazy

(And sometimes we do, too!)

But it’s all just part of the “Big Change”

It’s what we must go through.

‘Cuz someone hit the ‘Pause button

A rebel with a cause

No respecter of any woman

But we’re not stopped.  Just Meno Paused.