I wrote this after reading Ann's Twists and Turns post yesterday It is coming.... I'd been having a nagging "ticking" in my brain lately, and wondered what it was!
“Bood-guy. . .”
“Goob-die. . .”
I am not going back
Don’t turn around
Eyes straight ahead
But
I'm hearing it still
“Tick, tock”
Faintly
Nagging
“Good-bye!”
There, I said it.
When does
The ticking
Stop?
I am so used to hearing it, that I imagine that I'm hearing it now. This is my first year of retirement, and still the tick, tock is a faint sound in my mind. I wonder when it stops?
Donna - this is wonderful. I feel so proud that something I wrote connected with you. I really liked the way you took the "tick tock" sound and made it your own.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the ticking is going to stop...I think you will get used to it being faintly in the background, but it will be with you. Once a teacher... :)
Enjoy this next stage. You deserve it.
I remember having that tick-tock when I stayed at home & didn't teach in the early years of my children growing up. As Ann said, I suspect the pull of late summer getting ready will always make you believe you should be doing something. Remember you did it already & now it's time to do those wonderful autumn things given up for so many years. The lines 'Don't turn around, eyes straight ahead" say much. Have a terrific rest of the summer with your husband!
ReplyDeleteYou captured the urge so many of us feel in a beautiful way. The "now I said it" made me smile. It brings reality to the forefront.
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