Priorities on a Page
December 24, 2011
There’s a notebook I left open all fall,
—Since September to now.
Left open on a page on my desk where the sun lit upon it every morning and afternoon.
There’s a heading for priorities and a heading for a shopping list on top of it.
—A page filled with lines.
Under Shopping list
—Dashed followed by 3 notebooks
—Dashed followed by books for classes
—Dashed followed by New button Shirt
Then Priorities
God is underlined.
—Another dash and School
An L-shaped line connecting particularly to English classes
—Work
TPP
—Health
Eating well
Sleeping a healthy amount of hours
Exercising through running, workouts
—Saving money
$200 dollars a month
—Deadlines
Foreign Language requirement
Speak with academic advisor
Speak with SSCP English advisor
So after all this time the lines on the page have disappeared. They have been exposed to the light of the sun and the sun has erased the lines,
—But the words remain.
December 24, 2011 at 5:40 pm
I enjoyed reading this. It’s powerful in a sense, the emphasis of time lapsing is awesome. The fading of the lines! J’adore! Don’t let the lines fade, they are the reminder that everything has it’s time, now or never. Acheive those goals and slash the words with a smile or you’ll be left with the reminder that the lines once were there. *i hope I made sense!
December 24, 2011 at 7:58 pm
Merci Monsieur, I’m glad you enjoyed it. “Priorities” is definitely about goals as well as being in a moment in time when these goals have so much influence in one’s life. I like the way you read it too. I saw the fading of the lines as the removal of boundaries in which all that remained were the essentials, but I like your interpretation as well because I agree with you, we can’t let lines fade because they are the reminder of where we were and all that we want to achieve.
December 25, 2011 at 12:22 am
Glad to see you back.