Glory Be, Retirement

the days all blend together
    no pole to which to tether
  daylight hours mostly a blur
    nighttime now, nothing stirs

  purposelessness leads to
    hopelessness, on down to
      depression, what's more
  life's only a theoretical alternative
    to death's cathartic purgative

  old friends all forget me
    relatives keep their distance
  they must all be envious
    of this hermit's existence
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Tor Avatar
June 22, 2023 at 8:21 AM
Witty and reaching out is the answer, if no response you did all you can do but you have to come out of your home because if you don't participate there is no participation back. Thanks for sharing my friend...
Lawless Avatar
June 21, 2023 at 4:31 AM
living in the "hermit-age" ...I go out....I use my i-phone GPS to find my way back
Wolf Avatar
June 21, 2023 at 6:24 PM
Can't find my GPS either, personally...
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