The weekday drift

Weekdays drift on in their quiet, muted tone,
each hour repeating what the last became,
and I move through them feeling half-alone.

The minutes circle back, always the same,
a looping march beneath fluorescent light,
each hour repeating what the last became.

I wait for something new to spark the night,
but routine hums its low, unchanging drone,
a looping march beneath fluorescent light.

By Wednesday, even shadows seem well-known,
stacked neatly like the tasks I never fight,
while routine hums its low, unchanging drone.

Still, small hopes flicker faint but staying bright,
promising that soon the week will shift its tone,
stacked neatly like the tasks I never fight.

Yet dawn returns to claim my restless throne,
weekdays drift on in their quiet, muted tone,
promising that soon the week will shift its tone,
and I move through them feeling half-alone.

Weekday – Word of the Day Challenge

4 responses to “The weekday drift”

  1. SRIKANTH Avatar

    What a stunning and deeply resonant piece. You have captured the essence of the modern workweek—that particular feeling of suspended animation—with breathtaking precision.

    The form, a pantoum, is a perfect choice for your subject. The relentless repetition of lines like “each hour repeating what the last became” and “a looping march beneath fluorescent light” doesn’t just describe the monotony; it makes the reader feel it, creating a powerful, hypnotic rhythm that mirrors the cyclical nature of the days.

    Yet, within this structure, you’ve woven a delicate thread of hope. The “small hopes flicker faint but staying bright” and the promise that “soon the week will shift its tone” prevent the poem from being merely bleak. Instead, it becomes a poignant and truthful portrait of enduring the mundane while holding onto the quiet belief in a future shift.

    The language is quietly brilliant: “feeling half-alone,” “shadows seem well-known,” and the magnificent closing image of dawn returning to “claim my restless throne” are all lines that linger long after reading. This is a wonderful, thoughtful, and expertly executed poem. Thank you for sharing it.🌷🤝

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    1. Carol anne Avatar

      Thanks! So happy you enjoyed my poem! 🤗🌠😘

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  2. Alice DeForest Avatar

    We are all here….don’t feel alone

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    1. Carol anne Avatar

      Thanks Alice I appreciate it! ❤

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