It Just Seems

the older I get
the less I tend to
connect with family
and friends or
even strangers

it’s not that I appreciate
them any the less
just distance and
mutual concerns
have ultimately
diverged

to distract, in a way
hard for me to say
yes, I’d like to
come out and play
just not those same
tired old games

fed up with society’s lies
intentional and otherwise
as each succeeding
generation falls
further and further
behind

with strangers
I’ll sometimes engage
if questioned or presence
invites responses or
repartee-ing

but mostly
I seem to just be
withdrawing
turning inward
beginning to lose
interest in what should
or could be

it will probably be
just fine without me
as someone once said
… and no doubt the
universe is unfolding
as it should…

acceptance, then? …

–LE – 11/1/25