Unwarm Riders on The Storm

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone. - Thoreau

i'm torn

ripped like a spent subway ticket

i don't know if i should care and be somebody

somebody folks aren't afraid to look at or stop and ask, "how are you?"

or should i not care anymore, give up and be a bum

bum is starting to look more and more attractive with each passing day

at least no one bothers you

isn't that all we really are when we take the blinders off and stop playing pretend

amazon packages, cigarettes, lottery tickets, booze and credit is what we've become

my best years gone

i'll never be anything decent and admirable ever again

medication is keeping me alive

it seems like all i do is go back and forth to the pharmacy and pop pills on a timetable

i'm just taking up space

like a royal straight without an ace

i eat, dress and furnish from garbage

maybe jim morrison was right

"into this house, we're born

into this world,  we're thrown

like a dog without a bone

an actor out on loan"

sure, we're all alone

waiting, on hold, for god

with limited minutes on a cracked cell phone

holding a tilted, melting, two-scoop ice cream cone

flying blind and taking in all we can to no meaningful end

like a nuisance drone

fate and destiny each struggling to be seen, recognized and subsequently known

Author's Note

"As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Ern M. Yoshimoto]

i feel this. i feel this heaviness. "bum is starting to look more and more attractive with each passing day" is a line that i relate to, although im not sure may others will. i have seriously thought of doing this. as heaven allowed, i actually came into money without the need to hold a job. if not for that, i would be out in the cold right now.

[Pete]

thanks for sharing thoughts em. keep well.

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Pete... "A Royal Straight without an Ace"... we keep playing until we Shuffle Away. Actually, today is Saturday and Roger has Dialysis that gives him more years to enjoy the Blessings of breathing Oxygen. I study Medicine and we take our Share. Wishing you a pleasant day... my friend. gently, Pat

[Pete]

at least he has you. i should be so lucky.

[Thomas W Case]

So very true. I love this.

[Pete]

not an easy thing. thanks twc.