Pieces of my mind
by Elouise
Pieces of my mind sprawl
Strewn before me across
The flat wilderness of my
Life now reduced to the
Size of my desktop littered
With small square papers in
Yellow, pink, light blue or
Lavender covered with words
And scattered like manna
Gone sour overnight
Reminders of what I may
Or may not want to do or
Read about or tell you once
Upon a time or show you
Someday when the time is
Right and I haven’t forgotten
What all the excitement was
About anyway
They sit there each morning
Looking my way bearing
well-intentioned witness to
multiple brilliant prompts now
transformed into misty clouds
Of plans and thoughts as yet
Unpursued though relieved by
Reduction to words jotted on
Small squares of paper the sum
Total of yesterday’s genius
Now staring at me wondering
Whether there is more to life
Than this
©Elouise Renich Fraser, 2018
Photo found at LinkedIn.com
Telling the Truth 
I feel that way, too, most of the time. Thank you, Elouise, for capturing this mix of emotions so brilliantly!
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So many ideas, so little time!
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Stop wondering. Print out a full page of all our blog posts, all your lectures and all your other work. I’ll bet you they cover more than your tiny desk.
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This is the story of my life….so many books, so many ideas, so many choices….So little time and space. You could be right about my desk. 😊
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Love the cup & saucer 😀
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Yes…Pretty snazzy! 😊
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This is beautifully written.
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Thank you, Herminia.
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that’s why I sit on the couch, laptop in lap…ha, no pun intended….no room for notes to be lost, just follow the choo choo train of thought to where it leads…..(going off the rails some day perhaps) but it is lively none the less. “blows smoke out her stack like a motoring train” 🙂
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Your choo choo trains of thought are both lively and lovely! 💜💕
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