Retired life

“The Meaning of Life is to Find your Gift. The Purpose of Life is to Give it Away”. Pablo Picasso

                                                                                                                                         

Jumbled brain

Time to sort my shit out again

No sense of navigation

Like a boat at sea

Don’t want to drift along

Aimlessly

Be sucked into a vortex

Of nothingness

Like going down the plug hole

Still want some direction

And lead a purposeful life

Just at my pace

Having the luxury of

Time and space

To feel my way

Into this new chapter

Perhaps my final

I don’t want to fester

Slip away unnoticed

Go out with a bang!

Leave a footprint

On people’s hearts

Let my words carry forever

For better or for worse.

This retired life is a blessing

Not a curse

Pressure relieved

Of financial demands

Other’s agendas

Shitty nappies

Unhappy relationships

Freedom to be me

To achieve or not

If I can be bothered.

© Karen Lighthouse 2025

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