A dusting off

On Writing: “Things will be better now. You’ll see.”

I printed the first draft of my novel on pink legal paper. A neighbor gave the paper to me when we first moved into this house five years ago. I pulled it from the top shelf of my closet and blew the dust from the pages. 

A dusting off.

The page, my mind, the words, the keys, even the muscles in my fingers—everything is in need of a dusting off. A renewal…