October 6, 2019Poem
Sod it.
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Sod it.
Keep practicing it is all I have.
Tiredness kills
So it doth say
At the roadside
In very large font
Easy to see
Unless asleep at the wheel
It might prove true
Every day it takes
A little more effort
Just to keep moving
The muscular aches
Dig deeper
Hamstrings
Draw tighter
Legs feel less springy
Each step an exercise
Of will
The seat is softer
More comfortable
Than it used to be
Harder to resist
Easier to drift off
To sleep in the middle
Of the day
Like his Dad
Which makes him sad
He fell asleep at the drop
Of a hat
He had held out the hope
It would never come
To that
But lately
Keeping busy
Is effortful
Perhaps it is true
In its own inimitable way
Using stealth
To undermine
His worn veneer
Of determination
Eventually,
Tiredness kills.