April 5, 2010 - In the seasons of change

We were asked to do a freewrite as an ice breaker to today's training.

Our prompt? "In the seasons of change"

Here's what I came up with:

In the seasons of change the kingdom was completely unaware
that it was happening.

Kings and queens still kept their court, counting taxes and
sending soldiers to war.

The priests still guided souls to heaven in their humble ways
and the farmers still sowed.

The children noticed it first. Beautiful buds in the trees.
Birds were singing, "It's here! It's here!"

They danced in circles while sweethearts stole kisses
and none of the peasants noticed, backs bent in their toil.

The battlefield clashed with swords and howls and blood
and bread baked in hearths.

Grandmother spun yarn in her rocking chair,
but she, too, caught wind of it and let the new lavender scent fill her nose

In the season of change the young folks asked the kings and queens
why men were sent to die and held their gaze in earnest

The advisers mumbled, disconcerted; the fools laughed an uneasy laughter.
And still the children held their gaze, in earnest.

The kind looked upon the children and began to open his mouth.
The queen raised her hand to stop him and spoke:

"We send them to die, my children, because
no one's asked us to stop them."

(c) 2010

headache

after almost two
years of constant stress about
who would lead it's done

now i stress about this
change and how quickly it will
come. it's mine to make.

I'm Sad

This weekend I got to hang out with friends, if ever so briefly, and realized that our lives have changed.

We never get to hang out in the same way because we're married or have children, or are scattered geographically.

And I also realize that I am resentful of such change.

Big time.

I am so thankful to have these email relations with people that I have as of late because I sure as heck don't see people anymore.

I'm buried in work and running these days.

I didn't even get to see my boyfriend the webcrawler this weekend...cause I was just too tired.

Boo.

I did get to see an amazing moon on Saturday night after social event no. 2.

Perhaps I was overwhelmed by trying to make two events in an evening.

I'm slowing down in my old age. I remember when hitting 5 spots in a day was nothing.

Now I'm slowing down and enjoy spending time by myself in my house and it almost seems like work to leave my little next.

What am I coming to?