Fewer Listeners Required

The older I get the happier I become
just talking to myself, as long as I listen
to what I am saying and refresh what I say.

Discomfort Is Inevitable In Life.

The older we get the more sure
we can be that it will arrive.
Often it obscures itself,
in how it comes to us.
What matter most
is that we learn from it.
Given that it is inevitable
I would prefer the pain
to come from the clarity
of honesty more than
the pain of misremembering.

It Takes Ambition

beyond self awareness
to want to live in debt,
which is why resisting
wanton idealism is always
damned as worthy of regret.