Write About What Can't Be Measured

Not everything in life can be measured says the quote from Albert Einstein and not everything that is measured is so important.

What do you think of this quote? What can be measured in your life? What can't be measured? What measurements have no meaning? What measurements do?

Write about it. Think about it. Write about it.

Here is a song I wrote to describe my experience with grading in school.

01 Gradebook Prison Blues (words Barry Lane, music Johnny Cash) by Barrylane55

Gradebook Prison Blues

I hear the teacher comin',

she's comin' round the bend

and I ain't see the sunshine,

since I don't know when

Cause I'm stuck in Gradebook Prison

and time keeps draggin on

when I hear that gradebook comin'

I turn my head and moan.

When I was just a baby

my mama said to me

always be a good boy

don't ever get a "c'

But I got a "d' in reading,

just to make her cry.

Now I hear that gradebook comin'

I turn my head and sigh

I see those smart kids 'sittin'

in that fancy AP class

Their probably readin' Shakespeare

and know that they will pass

but me I'm stuck in resource

doin' SRA

and I answer pointless questions

to pass the time away.

I'll probably write a novel

about the year I leave this school

Or maybe epic poetry

bout why I was not cool.

but now I'm stuck in English

Doing five paragraph themes.

But when I hear that gradebook comin'

it smothers all my dreams.

Write About What Dogs Dream About

Doggy Nightmare

He throws the ball

and I chase it down

the long winding road

and

I clamp it in

my jaws

and run

back to He,

but He

is not my He,

but another He,

with another He smell,

and another He hat.

I BARK BARK BARK,

but no sound comes out,

and the ball melts into

the driveway like

kibble

to the bottom of

water dish.

I HOWLLLLL

at the blank sky

and black biscuits

rain down

on me.

I try to

chew on one,

but they

are made of stone.

Fluffy puppies surround me,

waiting for me to play with

them,

waiting for me

to tell them a reason

why this world

is so full

of pain.

I let them sniff me.

I let them know

it will be ok

if we wag our tails

Together.

Barry Lane