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Rated: E · Poetry · Other · #1950227
What lies at the end of the rainbow? FIRST PRIZE WINNER, SENIOR CENTER FORUM
The Retirement Rainbow


Iā€™ve always thought about this day,
the pot of gold at rainbowā€™s end.
There, after all of lifeā€™s hard rain,
Iā€™d find what rainbow hues portend.

Iā€™ve worked a lifetime for this day.
I reckon that Iā€™m past my prime.
But one thing I didnā€™t plan for
is such an abundance of time!


ā€œWhat time is it?ā€ is seldom heard;
we no longer live by our watches.
ā€œWhat day is it?ā€ is fading fast.
Itā€™ll soon be a stick with some notches.


I donā€™t have to shave every day.
I just wait ā€˜til my wife tells me ā€œOuch!ā€
We still enjoy our boudoir time
but we spend a lot more on the couch.


Leaving early and getting home late,
weā€™re no longer part of that group.
Our morning commute is a walk in park
so the dogs can sniff, pee, and poop.


I always thought someday Iā€™d write.
Before, I could only dabble.
Now when I write my ā€œmemoirsā€ down,
itā€™s worth eleven points in Scrabble.


The kids are gone, the grandkids donā€™t stay.
The spare room is mine now, I posit.
I open the door and what do I find?
My wife has a new walk-in closet!


The rainbowā€™s endā€™s not what I thought
though, this wasnā€™t meant to show fault.
While thereā€™s some truth in my words,
take each with a grain of salt. *Bigsmile*



Notes

An entry for September round of "SENIOR CENTER FORUMOpen in new Window.
Prompt: Must use the word ā€œrainbows.ā€

posit ~ assume as a fact or principle

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