Adjusting or rusting?
Recouping or drooping?
Dumping or slumping?
Waning or gaining?
Without a cursed schedule to keep me in alignment
I find that I am listing to and fro without refinement.
When bound by daily schedule, not to have one is appealing
But now that it is naught, life is a little bit surreal-ing.
Should I do this or might I do that?
Clean out the closet or crochet a hat?
Oh sure, I’m on my laptop in the morn to check the learning
That used to be in school where measured gaze was more discerning.
But after morning school stuff then the day is just wide open
It seems a bit unsettling – who knew that I’d be moping?
My schedules, graphs, and charts that kept my kids all sorted out
Apparently are things that I don’t want to be without.
So – to enjoy this pause I need to organize my lack
until we get the notice that – hooray!
We’re goin’ back!
Just Sifting 
I love this. Speaks to how I’m feeling for sure. Most of us look forward to the possibility of a snow day here and there, but this…this is just awful. I’m ready to go back!!!
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Aww…Thank you for echoing me. it makes me feel so much better to know I have company! I guess part of the heaviness is that we are not out of school for a positive reason, and that is the cloud, right? But cloud or no, after this preliminary week I vow to put myself on a more consistent schedule – that should help, I hope!
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I am so impressed how you conveyed these feelings so well while also rhyming. 🙂 I love this line “When bound by daily schedule, not to have one is appealing” because it’s so true–this isn’t what I want, even though when I was in school, the idea of some days at home sounded sort of nice. I also love your beginning, with the pairs of rhyming, opposite words in each line.
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We’re going to remember this for the rest of our lives, and this poem artfully captures the mood, the fragmentation, the disorientation. I enjoyed this.
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I agree that we will remember this, and with any luck and fervent hope, it will be a memory as soon as possible. Thank you for reading!
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I love the term, “ organize my lack”. It also describes how I’ve felt as a retired teacher. Hopefully things will get back better than ever soon!
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Thank you for your kind words of hope, and for reading my late slice!
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Thanks Deb, this is a true description of where we all are!
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