A Life Indeed

 

As a young married man

with

a family, a car and

home in the suburbs,

with

a lawn to mow in summer

and snow to plow in winter

with

bills to pay

with

nosy and obnoxious neighbors

to endure

with

taxes, mortgage and upkeep

to maintain, there was

only boredom, routine

and old age to face the same.

I didn’t want to die

that way

with

an obituary to claim,

he was a good church

going family man

and a pillar

of the community.

So, I left it all behind to

experience the other side.

And I’m here to tell you,

it can be a cold, cruel and

lonely world out there, but

there’s a life to live

if you dare—

No weed-free lawn for me

as my legacy,

but a wondrous and

beautiful world indeed!

           -30-

Chris Hanch 4-21-2021