Comforts of Home

Comforts of Home

thick
brain smog
slowly creeps
nudging my dreams
into consciousness
I sip my cold coffee
stuck in rush hour gridlock
it’s still two hours until dawn
as I ponder the workday ahead
full of deadlines, meetings and client calls
tired but grateful for our blessings in life
looking forward to comforts of home
a kiss to take my breath away
cats curled up on windowsill
sipping wine together
watching spring sunset
melting into
warm comfort
of your
arms

Colleen Keller Breuning © 2024
May 4, 2024

Happy Saturday! I hope everyone is having a great weekend. This week I wrote a double etheree because it seemed to be my best option for this week’s writing challenge. I really loved the Cleopatra move line “a kiss to take my breath away,” but was having a hard time combining it with the other prompts. This is a reminder to myself that although the daily grind of work life can seem overwhelming, the many blessings make it worthwhile. That’s not to say this old chick has as much spring in her step, I am not quite the Energizer bunny I used to be. After fifty years in the working world, it’s no wonder!

It’s been a good week of work catch up and getting things done around the house. I ran 6 miles last night, cooked turkey tacos, going out to dinner tonight with hubby, and tomorrow we’re hoping for nice weather to go on another bike ride. We went for our first ride last Sunday, and our quads were screaming going up the steep hill on our road. Biking definitely utilizes different muscles than my daily mix-up of workouts! It was so nice and relaxing, riding through the neighborhoods and seeing all the lovely trees in bloom. (Lots of pollen out there, though!)

Feeling positive despite today’s persistent rain and wishing you all a wonderful weekend and week ahead!!

Xoxo,
Colleen

Ecrits Blogophilia Week 44.15 – Rush Hour
Hard Bonus: Include a line from the movie “Cleopatra” (“a kiss to take my breath away”
Easy Bonus: Reference smog or pollution