A quick overview of an average day off for me:
- I sit in a chair all day reading, watching Netflix and alternately munching snacks/feeling unhealthy.
- I get fed up with sitting around and think about going outside.
- I realize it’s freakishly cold outside, but then counter that thought with, “Hey, the sun’s still out, so it can’t be that bad!” (I am wrong.)
- Even my lovely jaunt in the frigid Nebraska air leaves me feeling like a blob. And sometimes, that blobby feeling is all the inspiration I need.
Stained-Glass Sky
Today I stayed in.
Alone with my desk chair
and a mug of instant cocoa,
plowing purposefully through a novel
purchased mere days ago.
Pausing every now and again
to observe the time
and acknowledge the sun’s
steady migration toward the base of my window.
Eventually the story ended
(alas, so it goes)
and with that
my restlessness returned, so,
thinking to catch the sunset,
I shrugged on my overlong peacoat
and traveled across campus,
a modern Victorian Lady
complete with Converse and jeans.
The journey was arduous
as wind mercilessly exploited weaknesses
in my winter armor
but still,
worth it.
Alighting on steps that overlook parking lot
and sorority house
I intercepted my prize,
its last rays peeking through
a net of iron-forged trees
that framed it perfectly,
like a delicate work of lace
against the dying blue sky.
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