Motivation for a great day ahead.

He sits at his office desk

and daydreams.

Even though he has a pile of work

in front of him to read and do.

He sits and thinks

of his yacht in

the harbour

close to his workplace.

The beautiful day ahead.

Sun shining and the birds

singing outdoors.

His wife's beautiful smile and

his children

laughing and giggling.

Their dog.

A golden labrador sunning herself

on the deck.

These wishes filled his vision.

He will make come true

this coming weekend.

God willing.

Quick as a flash.

He turns his mind

back to work.

With a grin on his face.

And a renewed vigour

in his work.

With his dream goal.

Placed positively inside his

head and heart.

On his yacht

with his wife and kids

and a family dog in tow.

Made his day more enjoyable

and bearable.

Smiles.

Reviews

[Anjeline]

Sweet poem. Liked the simplicity but loved the piece. Very nice

[Onlyme]

Thank you Anjeline, glad you liked it. Dawn.

[Anjeline]

You're welcome :)

[kentuck14]

Dawn,
I sit here wondering what to say in response to your poem. Now retired, I don't have to sit at a desk unless I want to. I no longer dream of such things . . . But I do ponder that it is sad that we often spend so much time in the future that the present becomes a nuisance, even a drudgery sometimes (this was much of my experience). The young man (It is how I see him) is full of desire. I do remember when I had laborious , mindless work, I would think of how my girl friend and I could spend the weekend. Or how my last batch of photos might turn out (I enjoyed photography).

On a more technical side . . . why are those middle lines not in italics? Or why is most lines in italics except for just a few? Just curious.

Does this young man believe he is truly working towards his imagined future? Or is he just playing head games to make his life more bearable? I am interested in the psychology behind this poem, the why we find ourselves drifting from the moment to imagine another. My own belief is that God would have us amazed at the moment we occupy (even the work we do), for he did say, "Let tomorrow take care of itself." I enjoyed thinking upon your poem. Hope I didn't get too esoteric.
Tom

[Onlyme]

HI Tom, Thank you for your very interesting thoughts and comments. I was playing around in general with the fonts and never realized they were not all in italics. As just did it quickly and clicked upload.

Good question. I guess in my case the young man was using his imagination to keep him motivated on boring endless unstimulating workload. And also to get it finished quicker in general. And using his family and yacht and of course his dog. It stimulated him to get through it quicker and easier. As, he would look forward to a wonderful treat with his family on the yacht. Instead of just pondering
aimlessly into his work. Feed up and mentally bored it gave him that need kick start.
And no problems at all Tom. :)