The Task

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The Task

The tornado that hit my desk, 
has collapsed everything...
into a sinkhole, 
which I doubt there is any...
coming back from. 
Maybe if I organized? 
If I could, I would...
or should.

It does not matter, 
the battle was lost long ago. 
I have contributed hours, 
nine minutes and ten days, 
plus years without number...
to the effort. 
Short skirmishes, and brutal offenses, 
that left piles of files, 
and ideas strewn across tow floors, 
and a hall, but still no end. 

Instead to find;
I have still been, 
have been, 
and surely will be...
unless I change the course of action, 
defeated.

Receipts that must be filed, 
on things that I will never return. 
Paperwork for items; 
booklets, like phones, 
that will never be read, 
but still can not be tossed, 
for fear of need. 
Scary letters that say;
important, 
read first, 
past due... 
to find they are sales, 
now over, 
or scams renewed.

I grab the can, 
the bin of no return. 
No retrieval, and forever.

Slowly and methodically...
I start the New Year, 
with a cheerful song, 
full of (His) grace...
I no longer fight to keep, 
the crazy pace, 
it is not a race.

It is His face I seek, 
to fill my days, 
with praise...

and 
peace.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020



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Date: 1/4/2020 11:12:00 PM
As they say -- well, probably not, but... Organization is next to Godliness!.. Oh, why bother?... Cheers, Gershon
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Date: 1/4/2020 6:14:00 AM
Me too, loved this, I want to go and clear out my office now!!! I keep far too much paperwork so thanks for reminding me I promised myself and New Year clear-out, it will not happen, all the best, Julie
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Date: 1/4/2020 3:42:00 AM
I have two junk drawers I clean out every once in awhile for no good reason, as three months later they have collected even more stuff. The desks here? Forget it. I am not about to even start. Because when I do begin the "purge" I throw away too much. Sometimes things I probably need, but do not think about until months later. I can so relate to this one!
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Date: 1/3/2020 10:19:00 PM
I feel we all have those little piles that we keep thinking we will go back and look at them later. Every so often a good clean out is needed. This write made me smile for I had a dream that I was throwing a pile of pages into a box. love phyl
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Date: 1/3/2020 11:46:00 AM
love this... reminds me of my little corner that piles up during the busy week and then when i find time i go through it... missed half the sales or good coupons...but oh well...i have a folder the important ones get moved too...i do the same system with email...a year later open something that was a good sale. long passed...great write my friend... hugs
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