Ethical ELA January 17 Inevitable Change

I am participating in Ethical ELA this morning as part of its monthly write. The prompt asks us to start with the last line of a recently read book. I just finished re-reading the Thirteen Clocks by James Thurber. (thank you CB) The last line in the book is, "The last spy of the Duke of Coffin Circle, alone and lonely, in the gloomy room, thought he heard, from somewhere far away, the sound of someone laughing."  

Alone, but not really lonely,

Thoughts of friends, children,

Writing their own stories,

I settled into the couch with a

Mug of Earl Gray, Chopin on 

Spotify, Homeschooled on Kindle.

The glow of an early morning swim

Mingled with the silent snow falling.

I thought I heard the sound of

Someone, from long ago,

Laughing as she worried about

Embracing the moment, and the 

Inevitable, change.

PS As of today, I have also joined the Stafford Challenge to write a poem every day for the next 365 days or so.  I'll see how this goes.