I look at my to-do list
And its just people
A list of names.
I have not been on the train for two weeks
I did not go to the supermarket this morning
Right now, the washing seems beyond me
I stare at the list
Its just people
A list of names, to contact
I stayed up half the night
On a video call
We talked about a Zumba class
I will not leave my house for Zumba
The to-do list
It’s right there beside me
Its just peoples names
Each one a twinkle of light in the darkness
Will any of those twinkles go out
I am having coffee without cake
I have given up cake
It makes me feel like I am in control
Its like my list is living, breathing
Beside me
I look at it again
My weekend to do list
The ordinary one that I do every weekend
I have not cleaned her school shoes
Although I went to school with her
Everyday this week
I did a meeting in my dressing gown
But the extraordinary thing is still the list
The list, the to-do list
Its people
Its just people
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