Today is one of those days when I want to do nothing. Absolutely nothing. Go sit out in the sun and just let its rays wash over me. Warm these cold feet of mine. Fill me with power from somewhere other than myself. I get tired of the need for constant self-initiative. When you are self-employed, this is what is called for every day. What can I do today to help keep moving me forward? No external machine that churns with you or without you. Only a little hamster wheel with you as the hamster. Not that I’m complaining. Hamsters get to decide when they’ll run and when they’ll sleep. They don’t have a big official boss hamster saying, “Get on there, lazy bones.” On the other hand, they don’t get the luxury of sitting back and watching the wheel move without them – others taking their turn. No, this is the drawback of self-employment. If you don’t do it, nobody else will. Yes, a day to sit and let the sun soak through this body would suit me just fine. Though I best go get a blanket for my feet since the sun is hours out from being that warm. Besides, I have a wheel that needs to start spinning.
Prose Poem Prompt: Hamster Wheel
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I am a native Texan who has lived for the past 30 years in Southern California. I am a published author of both short memoir and fiction, a two-time Pushcart nominee, a nationally award-winning writing coach, an editor, as well as a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Texas. In addition, I am the mother of three grown daughters of whom I am extremely proud, a grandmother of four darling children and the wife of a man I still love after 44 years. View all posts by lenleatherwood
“big official boss hamster”
That image is now stuck in my head.
Love this! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Glad you liked that! Thanks for letting me know.
Enjoy your “sit” as the birdwatchers among us say.
Thanks, Pat. Birdwatching. That sounds delightful.
Hampster Wheel. My favourite expression when I was working (for the man). Funny thing is, I’ve been retired five years and am STILL on a hampster wheel.
Like your prose.
Yes, I see how one must step off the wheel, whether working or retired. Look at life from a more Zen perspective perhaps…