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RETIREMENT

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It feels like the waiting has ended.

I no longer know where time goes.

Wherever it is, it has left me behind

as I follow paths no longer known.

Forgotten perhaps, known paths and I,

or should I say me?

A ghost to those I no longer see.

Such freedom is golden, as is my age.

I hammer another nail into the boards

building an enduring new stage

for the play to go on.

A new script takes shape 

on pages of print awaiting new actors

to bring me alive as I sprint

to unknown territory

devoid of all glory.

Welcome, indeed, a new stage for my play.

What better way to spend each new day.

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LETTING GO

Carrying away the day in buckets of lost dreams

is a waste of good time and makes 

the compost pile scream.

Waiting in the wings are characters

preparing the next act with useless tact.

Who knows what adventures lie ahead for those

willing to drop the text and pretext of prose

to bring the old play to a close?

For those starting the next chapter

with brave and honest laughter

in a new script meant to convey

a future of happy possibilities,

despite life’s fragilities, all is good.

Right now. This time.This day.

Stand and bow to applause

just as you should.

Now, get off the stage and live.

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