do you ever feel like this
“i’ve done what I can do —
now i will wait it out
i’ve done it all
desire for trips/ gone
desire to write books/gone
desire to eat out/gone
i want to be left alone/
to be a recluse
i like music if i can
understand words
don’t want
to start a new project
or do
what i did in the past —
it will never happen
not time left
nope, not time
just so little time left
should i build a rocking chair
or read books
by my old writer friends
who have
passed on
what to do, what to do, what to do
God knows how i feel
i think he is fine with it
we spend 3 hours each night
sitting in the living room
talking about old times
and new times to come
(Jim Wortham, September 19, 2022)
The Broken and The Holy 