Act VII: Interlude
alive, and healing.
working through my thesis
project, at my own relaxed pace
i probably could've worked
a whole bunch more
but i needed space
and time
to slowly recover
both physically
and mentally
summer nights spent
staring at the stars
hiking in the woods
and biking around town
under the near-infrared starlight
making good food at home
watching garbage on my television
monday lab meetings
wednesday chem department ice cream
friday lab lunches
chatting and helping out
both my lab, and the other
lab group over
the summer
belonging, in the lab community
no sidequests
just a good time
all around
sketching out concepts
and chewing on my thesis project
and as summer turned to fall
i keept up more of the same
same activities
same relaxed pace
spending my days hard at work
and my nights quiet
dinner with my lab friends
where we grew close over
taco bell
and texas roadhouse
i talked with her again
clinging onto a little resentment
maybe things would be okay
even if it couldn't work out
we could still be friends.
a slow and steady work pace
punctuated by the crunch
of graduate school applications
falling in love again
yet tired all the same
hopeful, i reached out
into the world
thinking i had a decent
(ish)
shot at grad school
or maybe not
my sidequest got
worked into my essays
and my poetry began to take form
as i wrote more and more
winter break came and went
as did the first half of my last
semester of college
making good progress on my thesis project
though i had yet to lay a word on a page
for once, things were good!
the semester came and went
learning, working, and for the first time
since physical chemistry,
living.
time flies when you're having fun