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Having been on my own 
for the past ten years 
I suppose I am set in my ways
If I’ve no planned routine
at the start of each day
I just come and I go as I may

Awaking each morn just before dawn
I can go where my mood may take me
Disliking routine I meander free 
to come and to go as I please
For now there is no one here except me
with my very own idiosyncrasies

Generally I enjoy my own company 
Though from time to time
seeing friends and family
is such an enjoyable treat for me
But to have someone 
permanently under my roof
It would drive me insane 
send my soul in a whirl
as slowly my mind 
and my body unfurl

At this juncture in life 
I want peace and tranquillity 
No hassle 
No stress 
No irritability

So when I have guests
I pull out all my best
Spoiling them rotten
as we laugh and we jest
But as the days pass 
and our moods start to show
It is time to bid farewell
It is time for them to go
Or frustrations 
raise their ugly head
and we may say things 
we should not have said

So as the old adage suggests 
Familiarity can breed contempt
and living too long 
with family and friends
is how a good relationship
may come to an end…

Written 14th September 2019

Contest Strand Select U
Sponsor Brian Strand 
3rd Place

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