empty spaces

last day of the week
last month of the year
moments to think
n dream
n love
n laugh
what a year its been freends
family sicknesses
great joys
new lives
creative endeavours
conflict
hurt
hope
stress n release
time passed in silence
n waiting
with icecream n coffee
with my beautiful children

today i sit in an
empty classroom
n look around
it all seems like a dream
the noise
n frentic activity
i feel like a stranger
in my own space
like a captain
without a vessel
human
but alien
i am ready
for a rest for
hope and love
long mornings
with nothing to do
but read the paper
chat
discuss
feel the tension
leave my body
leave my psyche
leave a musty after taste
a shimmer in the curtains

hope
longing
future

the day draws to an end

see you tomorrow.

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