Affluent I am
Not, when
Hours are currency
Spans spent, lost to
Revenge procrastination
Failing to claw back
Scant minutes, scrolling
Denying sleep to seek
Thoughtless amusement
Lewin’s Field Theory
Explores how experiences
Shape perception
Tree lines appear closer
When an enemy
Might hide within
No one has
A date free
For a picnic nowadays
We can’t test
How far away the forest
Feels during lunch
Formulas save space
B=f(p,e)
Condensing complex ideas
Into a handful
Of characters
It’s up to us
To choose our
Duration of dedication
Unpacking complexity for
Pleasure and understanding
My chronological account
Has run dry
Never enough intervals
To complete the
Myriad of tasks
Awaiting attention
Mental workload piling
To do’s on top of
Must be dones
Sapir-Whorf posits
Language influences
How we perceive time
I think about this
While folding laundry
Efficient home economics
Hard at work
I’m tired of being tired
Overwhelmed (and undersexed)
Edging on insanity
I’d need to read again
Alice in Wonderland
To confirm my suspicions
Slowly, I am changing
Sloughing off words
To reshape reality
‘Busy’ will hereafter
Only refer to bees
‘Never enough energy’
Relabeled to ‘nap time’
For now we must
Lay claim to
‘No time like the present’
Stretching joyful occasions
Sunday brunches
Cloud watching
Afternoon make-outs
Freeing up space for
New memories
To last
A lifetime
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Aspen Marie
In love with life and all of its foibles.
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Comments (1)
As usual. Lots to.think about. Lots to relate to. Beautiful words stream dumpings as usual, my favourite Marie.