her fingers wrapped around my thigh
holding tight
There's a boy showing me this creation
that drawing
wanting me to listen
listen
listen!
There's a cup of coffee waiting to be drunk
It'll sit there a while
and cool
There's the dryer beeping–
the big, expensive dryer that, when I think about it, I'm lucky to have
There's the deadline I need to meet
by Saturday
It makes me feel useful
There's the sun (!!!)
peeking out for a second
I fight the urge to to hope it sticks around all day
and try to enjoy the bright moment
There's the laptop
square and white, like a box of candy
beckoning with its news and people and weather forecasts
There's the silty smell of ocean
beckoning in another way
There's me
feeling too many things
thinking too much
Laughing
Groaning
Weeping
Shaking my head
at all this
Nice poem... I can relate to it.
PS. I REALLY like your Greener Grass postings. I watch your blog like a hawk waiting for them.
Posted by: The Dreamer | March 29, 2009 at 01:30 PM
You're a poet, too. Amazing!
Posted by: Nora | March 29, 2009 at 02:13 PM
Ack, no! Not a poet. Not at all.
But, thank you.
Posted by: All Adither | March 29, 2009 at 04:30 PM
this is so sweet, a.!
Posted by: slouching mom | March 29, 2009 at 05:19 PM
I think that maybe when we keep feeling this way, it can be hard to step back and see that anything can be done except just waiting...for the kids to be older, for winter to end, for our "real lives" to start. But that's not really any good. I think it's kind of like when you first become a mom, and there's that part of you that resists admitting that you can never again be the person you were. It's really the resistance, not the circumstances, that is the problem.
Posted by: Kristy | March 30, 2009 at 05:48 AM
I love your posts. They just hit home. About Kristy's comment, I just have to say "Wow, that is so true!" I thought it was just me that felt that way.
Posted by: Tonya | March 30, 2009 at 08:48 AM
Lovely sentiments to read on a dreary monday...
Posted by: Cactus Petunia | March 30, 2009 at 11:04 AM
I think Kristy has a good point here...
There is so much we want to do and then there are the things we really must do and the things that we are called to do...
Posted by: kcinnova | March 30, 2009 at 12:24 PM
I wish we could have ridden bikes together back then.... great photo!
Posted by: papergirl | March 30, 2009 at 04:14 PM
Oh papergirl, me too! But at least we found each other when we did.
Posted by: All Adither | March 30, 2009 at 08:26 PM