Apple on the desk.
A swig of tea left in a mug beside the laptop
and strewn papers that fill the space.
It’s essay-writing time and
inspiration flicks off the walls
bounces round the books and forms,
through careful fingertips on the keyboard
an almost masterpiece of thought
and excitement
all captured on a page on a computer.
But it radiates much further
in changed thought and action
and the by-products of distraction
- the many things that get done when procrastination
threatens efficiency.
But essays get done
eventually,
with a smile and a change in style
and an apple on a desk
beside a cup of nearly-drunk tea.
Will you proof read my essay for me?
2 comments:
Helen, this captures essay-writing amazingly - the kind of bitter-sweetness of it, the flights of inspiration and the hours spent doing anything other than the essay. Love the final line, too.
Funny thing is, I read this while I should have been writing my God & Creation essay!
Bekki.
The great thing is, I wrote it while I was working on Cross-Culture and Mission.
So glad you like.
(It's truly a by-product of distraction).
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