Compartmentalized Living in a New Age
Heather has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Moravian College and has been freelance writing for more than 12 years.
Due to recent events, started to examine how entanglements complicate
Even the most simplistic of arrangements into drawn out negotiations
A contract that literally had to be hammered out into a stone tablet
To solidify all of the talking points so that no one will forget any of them
Deciding to renege on any of the finer elements on a whim or spite
Work and home lives blended together in the dining room turned office
Made it impossible to not eat dinner in front of the television
Watching mindless reality programming based on lack of new material
Separation of church and state no longer an option this year
Pandemic pushing work and home lives into the blender to stay
Transformed into a complexly and sometimes inedible smoothie
One part healthy and two parts fast food laden trips to the drive thru
Used to think that it was convenient to combine certain elements
To make your life easier and less pressure fueled in given moments
This year I simply wish to keep things separated into tiny little boxes
Where nothing intersected and escape was as easy as snapping your fingers
Once resented my latest ex for keeping me separate from everything
Didn't realize that feeling until much later in the game though
Unsure if that was by accident or by pure intent on their part
Too much time has passed to fully examine the mentality
Of someone completely exorcised from your once tight knit world
Wasn't my intention to force myself into their inner sanctum
Just out of convenience for their already stress filled existence
Fully aware that their tension came from too many balls in the air
Flying off in different directions and landing in the wrong time zone
Not my responsibility to help organize the mess that they made
Washed my hands of the situation finally to my surprise
Hanging onto the last gasp of dismay based on lack of social life
Against the rules to hang out with anyone new based on CDC guidelines
No new material to eradicate the stench of the past just yet
Biding time and hanging onto the notion that better to keep on going
Healthier to look forward and not what was behind me
Once and for all; ready to wash my hands literally and figuratively
Of the idea of blending anything and with anyone for the time being
Much safer that way to focus on one thing at a time.