Mid-Life Crisis
Mid-Life Crisis
The myriad mist of possibilities
The moments of reckoning
Incessant beckoning of could haves and
The inundated thoughts of should haves
The prodigies and the tragedies
The mediocre and the not so mediocre
The enticing success stories and
The even more engaging sardonic falls
The sharp regrets and the blunt remorse
Memories, tears, smirks and smiles
Words Heartfelt, spiteful, soulful or just a bit Brash snide
Moments that were and the moments that are
Doctorates Degrees diplomas and distinctions
Jobs, job switches promotions demotions and growth in new dimensions
The fragile realization of one’s frailties and
Coming to terms with own’s mortality
If these weren’t hard enough:
Aging parents and ailing grand parents
The individualistic system the collectivist society
Working out the best of what is at present or working at present to reach the best
Deadlines, bottom line, top line, growth and inflation
Hobbies, passions, pleasure, purpose as good as currencies in recession
The rat race, win it but don’t compete
Ethics over unethical
Minotaur super bosses, Hell hound bosses, Brutus colleague, Medusa HR
With Pandora box Appraisals and Spartan paychecks
Family friends self and the inner self are all written
But there is one more bullet to be bitten
Love
If successful begets the prison marriage
Love, a failure begets things, among which the trivial are pain, more pain, wisdom and
Last not the cliche least poetry!