With a deep inhale of fresh paper,
I exhale the last two weeks
i scan the room, find the familiar signs, the wall of titles float like wallpaper stands in front of me and my eyes are fingers tracing the bindings,
I am finally still, present, no endless to-do lists, no thoughts, plans,
Just me, the books, and my eyes.
Sonia Chintha is an Indian American writer who lives in the Washington DC area. She blogs, writes poetry, and fiction. She is also an English teacher who believes that our experiences teach us more than any test. She is the founder and co-editor of Good Little Girls.
Stand, greet, smile, shake, sit ask, chat, laugh, connect, advise suggest, nod, bye bye.
One year ago, a post I wrote during NaBloPoMo got me in trouble with a loved one. It upset this person bad enough that I
back home a loneliness fills the reality of it ending the fantasy blown away by the winds of truth unpack rearrange call him call her