A Plastic Disk

Thirty Days, Sixty, Ninety,
Six Months, Seven Years,
Thirty-Four. Plastic.
Cheap...even lots of years,
a few bucks.
A plastic disk.
It can be the achievement
to remember forever
or something scary,
public recognition
when you feel unworthy,
something to drive you
away from the goal,
to take you back to safe.
No matter the meaning,
it has meaning well beyond
a cheap plastic disk.