Sunday…

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

A lazy Sunday afternoon
Was not what I intended,
But after work, I closed my eyes,
And woke when day was ended.

With such a lot I ought to do,
From paperwork to cleaning,
I thought I’d read through coffee break
To give the hours meaning.

The Small Dog must have worried
And to make sense of the puzzle,
Woke me by whiskering my face
And going mouth to muzzle.

She plonked the ball down on my chest
To make sure I was waking,
I roused myself and groaned a bit
At all the places aching.

I threw the ball and shook the dreams
From sleep I must have needed…
The battle to stay wakeful
Had been lost, I had conceded.

But all the things I should have done
And not done, to my sorrow,
Don’t really matter much at all,
They’ll still be there tomorrow.

About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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53 Responses to Sunday…

  2. Audrey Driscoll says:
    June 1, 2020 at 06:08

    Dogs know what’s important, even though they don’t have lists of things that need doing.

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  3. Ritu says:
    June 1, 2020 at 08:22

    Listen to your body Sue 😘

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  4. jenanita01 says:
    June 1, 2020 at 09:13

    This weather always makes me sleepy, and had more than one of my old age snoozes yesterday…
    You must have needed it, Sue…

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  5. davidjrogersftw says:
    June 1, 2020 at 10:02

    Thanj you, Sue. This is pobably a very good poem for me to read. beacuse it describes very nicely relaxing, something in my seven decades I have not learned to do. Best wishes, Thank you.

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  6. Jim Borden says:
    June 1, 2020 at 12:50

    Sounds like a lovely way to spend a Sunday…

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  7. fransiweinstein says:
    June 1, 2020 at 12:57

    Same thing happened to me on Saturday except I have no small dog to wake me up.

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  8. Sadje says:
    June 1, 2020 at 13:21

    A day spent in rest is not wasted.

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  9. pensitivity101 says:
    June 1, 2020 at 13:22

    Love it Sue. Treats by proxy for Ani. ❤

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  10. Victoria Zigler (@VictoriaZigler) says:
    June 1, 2020 at 15:38

    Sometimes rest has to be the priority, and it sounds like you really needed some.

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  11. D. Wallace Peach says:
    June 1, 2020 at 16:45

    All there tomorrow, Sue. Taking a much-needed nap feels great…as Ani can confirm. 😀

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  12. Widdershins says:
    June 2, 2020 at 03:03

    Sometimes one just has to drift through the day. 🙂

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  13. OIKOS™-Publishing says:
    June 2, 2020 at 23:16

    Ani is definitely the best muse, now she is a professional digger too. 😉

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  14. noelleg44 says:
    June 3, 2020 at 17:05

    Ani clearly knows what’s important! 🙂 And you’re right – listen to you body. if it tells you to sleep, there’s a reason for it!

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  15. purplepeninportland says:
    June 4, 2020 at 19:00

    Love the poem, and that adorable dog!

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  16. Jennie says:
    June 6, 2020 at 13:12

    Love that dog!

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