I sit at a desk in the library
The kind of desk with dividers on either side
So that no one can see in.
The desk has been ploppped
Into the middle of the C's in the nonfiction section.
I sit between "Cancer" and "Cooking",
Conjugating french verbs
That look weird any way you look at them.
There is a study group in progress behind me
Discussion the Periodic Table
And a boy sipping a contraband smoothie to my right.
Directly in font of me is a girl busy studying for a test.
Yet to my left, "Cancer" and "Cooking" both sit.
My verbs abandoned, I look around the room.
Some people are focused
Others chat idly with one another.
Some sit
Some stand.
It is then I decide to get up
Pick up the cancer book that's been staring at me
And open the thick, red cover.
I open to page 973
Which is titled: "Celebrating Your Life".
Skimming the page, I find it is full of ways that you can
"Make a legacy for yourself".
On the next page, there is a title stating: "Closing Thoughts".
The first line tells me that having advanced stages of cancer can bring hardships
But also joy and "fulfillment".
I snap the book shut
Stand up
And place it back on it's shelf.
Maybe next time I come to the library
I should sit between "Dogs" and "Donuts" instead.
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Long Way Home
SpiritualPart 2 of the "Contemplative Compositions" series. After "Things to Think About" but you can read them in any order! Happy reading! FanTABULOUS cover by: @silentlaughter
