NaPoWriMo #28: How a morning gets ruined

 

A lesson through simple lost

i only felt it missing

after walking up those steps

       and the taxi has gone down the road

there goes my identity

card, bank card, membership

card

       they are all cards

replaceable

pieces of plastic

suddenly not in one's pocket

but at the mercy of someone

else's kindness

i hope someone will be kind

and return it if he finds it

in the mean time, phone calls

to make, police report to file

i lost a bit of me today

in that thing I carry around

everyday

what pain, such simple

and hard lesson that

take all of one's attention

for one entire morning

to recount the lost

and how it was lost

they are just cards

       but they are mine

i think i might have

a note or two

no importance to the world

                        but personal

who has them now

or does it lie in some street

ran over by cars multiple times

shredded

unnoticed?

Yes, I lost my wallet this morning. I was really upset earlier, but I'm feeling better. Everything is replaceable, though one of the objects is gonna cost me. I don't think I have notes in there except maybe someone's phone number. Lesson learned -- never carry all my cards ever again. And I think I need a wallet clip.

Interestingly, I was far more upset back when my modem had problems than this lost. Still, I hope neither never happens again!