Time Thoughts
For those of you that want to know how my mind works when I write, here’s how I wrote this piece:
- I was in my writing group on Zoom, when the story spark was about to be given out, and my computer crashed.
- By the time I had gotten back to the meeting the Sparks were posted and I had lost 5 minutes of the 20 minutes I had to write
- The Story Spark was posted: “On Time”, with six suggested prompts. I literally had no time to lose and no idea what to write. Seeing that the topic was “On Time” I just began to write whatever came into my mind. I basically brainstormed ideas with myself and this is what I wrote:
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I’m lost in time. Well, that’s easy for me to say. Since time is a relative thing. Basically, I have no time to spare. Too many things on my plate and I can’t find the time to fit them all in.
Time’s a-wasting. That is because I have deadlines and expectations that don’t fit into the time frame I have to do them, so I just let them sit.
Sometimes there is a lot of time to do things. And because of that, I do not actually accomplish anything.
I wish I could stop time and have the time to be me.
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4. It was at this point that my mind began to focus and with maybe 10 minutes left to write, I went on with this:
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Time flows in an effervescent stream
It gathers your needs and leaves little patches
Those patches are yours to use as you wish
You may fill them with work
You may fill the with play
But most of the time you just waste them away.
Is it time to begin and fulfill all your dreams
Or time to reflect and relive what you’ve done
Let the deadlines move on
Let your cares pass on by
Let the time that you spend
Create memories that bind.
For time is your master
It determines your fate.
It makes you feel anxious
It makes you feel rushed
It gives pause for solace
And time to be you.
Make sure that you use it
As best as you can
Though time may be endless for worlds that exist
We’re stuck in one lifetime that doesn’t persist.
This time to write’s over
As time tends to do.
Till next time I see you.
This writing is through.
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5. At this point, I ran out of time and was asked to share what I had written.
