there are all the things I could do with three minutes alone in my room
I have an essay to write and Hebrew to study
I have things to look up and notifications to check
there are all the things I could do with three minutes alone in my room
but
I prefer to watch the last bits of dusk be swallowed by the night
and I prefer to put off for tomorrow what I could've done today.
on november first we said
ohgodit'snovemberalreadywheredidallthetimego taking
up all the time in the world with our breath.
on november fifth we said
ohgodpleaseprotectushavemercyonoursins praying
This morning I woke up at six am. The country was bleeding pomegranate red and I, so sure we'd be drinking in a giddy paradise blue, stared blankly for minutes if not hours at the flashing computer screen.
sitting in bed close to 7 am waiting for the election tracker to light up.
sitting in bed close to 8 am doomscrolling through election websites knowing it's all futile now.
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but my dear could this have ever been put off?
"I prefer to watch the last bits of dusk be swallowed by the night"
To miss it would mean forever.
<3
This says to me that you've truly learned how to live in the moment (even if it feels like procrastination sometimes). We all deserve a little beauty in our day, and often we must grasp onto it when it presents itself or it can so quickly slip away. And I love your play on that Benjamin Franklin quote: "One today is worth two tomorrows"!
Thank you so much!! Also, I have literally never heard of that Ben Franklin quote :/ :D but sounds like something i'd do!!!
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