With time, they reach higher and thicken.
Are they meant to keep me in or others out?
Either way, they bring peace and I am content.
Peace follows solitude
With time, they reach higher and thicken.
Are they meant to keep me in or others out?
Either way, they bring peace and I am content.
It is an activity that is no more than a game
without rules or win/lose outcomes
which is played in an empty stadium
with no scoreboard by a single participant
who has no incentive
to complete the game or to even begin it.
.
Ergo: The Mutterings of an Old Hermit.
There is nothing more to say, Elizabeth (whoever you are)!
I depart from your sight and being, Elizabeth.
My action is best for both of us, Elizabeth.
Especially for me.
Fie! I slam the door behind me!
I am gone.
Is there a poet in this house?
Is there one who speaks with rhyme and meter?
I think not, unless it is the dog,
but I cannot point to her
since she speaks only to those
with more than two feet.
The Muse turns away
towards Schenectady.
I wait with patience for its return.
I know I am leading a quiet life
when my year’s most exciting event was
Microsoft’s July 29th release of Windows 10.
This is not a day to be out.
There are demons afloat
I do not wish to confront.
They are a frightful lot
even when they are not.
So, I will remain hidden since
hidden is a prudent place for me
Today.
Three red tulip blossoms
Return each spring
And we greet each other silently
As we have done for 30 years.
***
Petals drop
Stems dry
The tulip withdraws within itself
To prepare for reawakening
At its prescribed time.
when a hot woman meets a hermit
one of them is going to
change.
I have not met a hot woman
since I have become a hermit
so I cannot confirm.
But, even at my age,
the possibility provokes
a glimmer in my eye
(but only in my eye).
Ah, you ladies of the night
and you of the day.
All of you.
Back then, I did not know for what you really wished
and now, my age provides immunity and I longer care.
For tonight my comfort lies
not within your embraces
but in a solitary bed
with a single pillow for my head