you’re invited
to my celebration:
an after party
to be held after a while
when the time is finally right
on a sunny afternoon
or maybe after hours.
I’ll bask in the afterglow of
dutifully doing everything I should
and postponing my dreams
until after:
after school
after work
after the kids grow up
after I save money
after I lose weight
I will live happily ever after
in my exciting after-life
(or so I hope to find after all)
I borrowed a prompt from my yeah write NoMo rowmie, Jennifer, who is participating in the November PAD Chapbook Challenge.
This is Day 18 of the NaBloPoMo/NanoPoblano/yeah write NoMo challenges.
that cynking feeling 
If I come to yours, will you come to mine?
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Absolutely!
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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Delayed gratification. Always after. Well done. I know exactly what you mean.
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It’s hard to find the balance when delaying gratification. It’s never good to demand everything RIGHT NOW, but some things just shouldn’t be put off too long or they’ll never happen.
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Exactly.
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Well done! Day 18..keep going…yaaaa, you!!
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I have to figure out what to post for the next couple of days. Waiting for inspiration to strike.
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I’ve been waiting for a time to declare “they lived happily ever after” for a while now. But sometimes I’ve just got to stop and realize that this is as happily ever after as it will ever get
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Love it! A clever, heartfelt reminder to seize the day.
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Thanks for linking to the other challenge. I didn’t think I would muster any responses to those prompts.
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i love this so much, I’m going to print out & put on my fridge 🙂
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What a great compliment!
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I love this. The danger of always living for the next step is failing to appreciate the present.
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It’s as if we judge the present by thinking, “this sucks, but I’m sure things will get better in the future.”
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I love your word play and you present your point in such a relatable and interesting way. You are turning out to be quite the poet, Cyn. Don’t I recall you saying you didn’t do that stuff a while back?
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I had given up poetry after high school. Reading poetry in college proved too intimidating. It’s been fun to do the poetry slams and learn/relearn the various forms, techniques and concepts.
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I can relate. I love the way you crafted this poem.
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Carving out time for ourselves is crazy difficult!
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I think moms (and probably many women in general) feel obligated to become martyrs, putting themselves last.
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I loved the way you used “after ” as a theme. Very nicely done.
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I stole the prompt from Jennifer at Graceful Press. It turned out to be very inspirational.
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You are a really good poet. I always enjoy reading your poems. You really have a knack for it.
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