Wellness

The glossy brochure made a promise,
To those maybe living with strife,
That by moving to their Senior Eden,
You’d find “wellness” the way of your life.

Though perhaps their apartments are lovely
And the clubhouse has classes and such,
To offer a life filled with “wellness,”
Is really, to me, just too much.

For no matter how shiny the pamphlet,
It all adds to a hill full of beans
When you bat around language like “wellness,”
Since I have no idea what it means.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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Wolf Avatar
December 2, 2024 at 9:07 PM
ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Perfect... Meither has no idea about 'wellness' either! Sonds like woke gobbledy-gook. Let's ask AOC...
Bayles Avatar
December 2, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Ilene, I enjoyed your poem. I agree that there are too many cliches' and empty words floating around.
Rigoler Avatar
December 1, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Haha! Many of us oldies (to quote you) "have no idea what [wellness] means! / Maurice
Canerdy Avatar
November 30, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Yes, those "glossy brochures" often make promises that just don't come to fruition, or they make hard things sound SO easy. Well said, Ilene. Janice
Rolland Avatar
November 30, 2024 at 11:04 AM
a place that scares me, getting old is bad, even in a castle, thanks poet Ilene for the thoughtful poem
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