my battle

I have been embroiled in an epic battle...I have a worthy opponent. She breaks left, I seek left, she breaks right, I seek right. She grabs her feet, I pull them down. She turns on her belly, I flip her back...

Seconds tick by, then minutes. I struggle for control, I arm myself with trinkets and toys...my opponent cannot be distracted. Her focus is sure. The minutes are adding, adding...she cannot be contained, she begins to shout louder and louder to frustrate my efforts even further...she is a cunning one. She begins to struggle even harder and harder still to test my endurance, yet, my focus is sure...then at the breaking point, I have become fast enough. My reflexes have become fine tuned. I accomplished a simple, yet sometimes most insurmountable task of changing Sadie's diaper.