Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TASKS, by IRMA LOUISE EHRENSBERGER


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TASKS, by                    
First Line: I thought I'd catch up with my tasks today
Last Line: I caught up with my dreams instead!
Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Work; Workers


I thought I'd catch up with my tasks today,
The little things that needed mending;
A sweater, socks, and toys with broken parts;
A picture needed framing.

I'd planned to clean the attic,
Throw away the old, make way for more;
Old souvenirs that needed dusting.
Oh, the musty smell of memories dying
When I opened wide the door!

My diary there, long since neglected,
With such reproachful air, --
The day I met you,
The night you kissed me
By the stair.

We promised not to make our life a task,
But days of joy.
I remember now, the dreams we dreamed,
The gladness in your eyes
When you beheld our boy.

I felt so worried over work undone,
Trudging up those stairs with weary dread,
Thinking I'd catch up with my tasks today.
Perhaps you noticed when you came home tonight,
I caught up with my dreams instead!





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