Lessons Learned I

"Ah! Thanksgiving break...finally!" I exclaimed, packing some stuff from my dorm room. I was going to spend Thanksgiving Day with my mom, but since she lived in Seattle, I didn't have to leave till it was actually Thanksgiving.

I had the dorm room all to myself as Lee had left to go spend some time with her family in Wisconsin. I sighed and flopped down on the bed, grabbing my pencil and paper. I began writing in my notebook.

After many scratch-outs and mistakes, I had finally arrived at a half-way decent poem.

Tick tock, tick tock.
Time is going by.
There are errands to run,
People to see,
Things to get done.
Hurry before it’s too late.

Look at the clock
And watch the seconds disappear.
Hurry, people are waiting
And the clock is proof
That time is fading.
Rush, rush, rush.

The seconds are turning
Into minutes wasted.
No time to speak.
The days are passing,
Converting to weeks.
There is no time to waste.

The chores are not done,
Move faster and stop
Using up so much time
To do useless things
As it is a crime
To enjoy and live in the moment.

Time was wasted
And nothing was accomplished.
You’ve failed this round;
For time shackles you,
Makes you Earth-bound.
What has happened to you?

How does it feel
To be clockwatching?

I sighed. "That really describes college life..."

I put my writing utensils to the side and flipped on the TV out of pure and utter boredom.