Ode

We had the students write odes today. Here's mine.

Ode to my Cuaderno

My dearest notebook,
My partner in crime,
We've traveled so far on this journey together since September,
Every time I see your serious blue cover,
Held together with tightly coiled spirals,
So securely, like the way you hold together all the loose wanderings of my mind
On empty sheets of white paper, lassoed between greenish lines,
Words trapped in nets, filled with scribbles, no more to roam free,
To take up with strangers, or become lost,
Every day I tell you my thoughts, and insights,
My hopes and despairs,
You help me remember my plans
and capture my dreams, and hold on to the artifacts of my days.