assigned

She told us to write about the beach.
7 minutes.
but only if we wanted to.
She said to look at the board and
use the sun glazed sand and water as inspiration.
But only if it inspired us.
I do have a connection to that picture.
it does mean something to me.
But what it stands for and what it could be
are two different things.
My mind keeps wandering back to lilacs
and the thought of spring.
Being in my grandfather's gardens
it took him 50 years to build.
I'm wandering down a city avenue
watching as buildings attack the sky
and little kids blow bubbles.
She said we could wriet about the beach.
For 7 minutes.
My mind is anywhere but there.
Stepping stones under beech trees, 
think I fell in the creek on purpose.
I'm supposed to think about the beach.