Poetry Postscripts 2.V
A life update and maybe a few words on the last sonnet. And, a BTS look at upcoming Sonnet 2.VI.
My head is empty-ish. That’s a good thing, I think. It means that I’ve gotten through all of the things I needed to get through in May, and I am now on the other side, experiencing a release and somewhat of a resting time.
In my last sonnet, I expressed how my head had been full of much noise, and how when I went out for a walk in my neighborhood, the songs of birds helped me to focus in on God, his beauty, and the hope beyond the noise. The noise that I had been facing was the pressure to get through my ESOL endorsement program, helping my own children get through the end of the school year, helping students in my classes learn and get through things, and getting my oldest daughter graduated from high school and moving toward the next phase of her life. May was quite a busy month, and I am grateful that I had the residue of the images of beauty fueling me and getting me through.
It is June now, and my oldest daughter has now graduated from one of the toughest, nerdiest high schools around (through much blood, sweat, tears and the grace of God), and my other children are through with another school year. Also, I have successfully completed the ESOL endorsement, and lastly, have moved almost all of my students onto the next grade level. So, currently, the noise of all that in my head is gone, and now I’m just rewarded with images of fulfilled goals.