Gershon Wolf Poet Couplet

Life is so Much Sunnier Now

  Life is so much sunnier now
    just knew it would be somehow

  After decades of delay
    when inertia held sway

  My mental stones gathering moss… 

  I at last pulled the plug
    on my addictive a.m. drug:

  No more newspaper on my front steps
    no more negativity to vex

  me all day and all night
    ‘bout who’s wrong, what’s not right

  Now I eat undisturbed, sleep like a baby
    wake up hopeful, fresh as a daisy

  No addiction is harmless, not even ‘the news’ 
     ~ ending the pain was up to me to choose

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Kim Rodrigues June 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM Glad you chose the hopeful way! I will watch a little news then snooze it…lol. We need to live our lives where we are.

CayCay Godwin June 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM You are becoming more and more profound, your depths are showing and you continue to amaze me with many of your simple, complex writes. By 'inertia' are you referring to addressing addiction to newspaper? OR more? This one feels like a personal revealing. CayCay