Retreat – Written Thursday 22nd January 2009 (Aged 33)

Retreat

i know now is the time to retreat
leave this battlefield
find my feet
the start to feeling complete
let the madness rule itself
find a place of contentment
not just something else
worry later about the raw plugs
for life’s loose fitting shelf
i am not shutting people out
but being selective –
about those i let in
if life is truly a lottery
then it explains why do not always win
i know now is the time to retreat
my health is poor,
slumped as it against the doctors door
need to feel complete
need to find my feet




James Garratt – Thursday 22nd January 2009


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