Unfinished (WC)

 

(Wendy Cabell, April 14, 2024, feast day of Our Lady of Kamalen/Guam, Blessed Virgin of Grace (Italy, Robegano district apparition, 1534; somewhat related image above), the Vil'na Icon of the Mother of God and Saint Lydwina of Schiedam. Image from here.)

Unfinished

task (n.): from Latin tasca, “ a duty, assessment”

Joseph’s boat (see it just out back window, his tools tossed round nearby)

Seeds as yet planted, lying out front door here on the porch

My schedule needing weeding

A partially filled commemoration list, prayers for the living and departed 

(shouldn’t this be topping the list?)

Snoozed emails

Jumbled papers 

Yet to be covered books

Crowding in my head

Paintbrushes patient, nudging 

My arms, they need stretching

My breath needs gentle expansion

 

                               s  l  o  w    f  i  l  l

                         now buoyant

                     balloon

*From prompt: Free write as inspired by “My Sister, Who Died Young, Takes Up the Task” by Jon Pineda, and the etymology of “task”. From Lisa Freedman’s BreatheReadWrite, April 14, 2024.