Journal as Life

 I wrote my "Ten Lines" this morning...

 the closer I get

 to the last page

 of my 

current journal

 the stronger 

 the temptation is

 to quit and begin

 a new one

 "patience"

 i tell myself

 Before those above,

 there were these below.

Like life,

finishing is perhaps more significant

than beginning

(though I know beginning precedes finishing)...

Somehow, my eagerness to begin a new journal

makes me recognize the importance

of the remaining 17 pages in the old one.

I am determined

(if a bit impatient).