Idleness

( Entry 59 - 06. 08. 2019 )

Idleness for adolescence

It’s so not fair!

Youth, physiques & so much time

Yet idleness bore them to death

Unless you are the 'exam type'

Then youth and physiques irrelevant

Time is never enough

The everlasting pursuit of intellectual status

As for me, idleness never left me

Neither constantly bored

Nor never-ending thirst for knowledge

Credit for all exams - ultimate goal

Never much of a planner

For one , things are always planned for me

For another, I just haven’t got the drive

That idleness never left me.

Now 50, still pretty idle

If idleness the equivalent of adolescence

I’d gladly accept that

That adolescence never left me

I start to wonder if it ever will

You know, old people are unable to change

It’s not so bad, is it?

I don’t feel a hint of discomfort in that

In exchange of their adolescence

The 'idle type' just went on as usual

The 'exam type' became professionals

And I - the inbetweener - still got bit of everything

Not exactly jack of all trades

But whilst enjoying that idleness

A handful of skills did thrive in their own right

Idleness does bear fruit

What’s more, adolescence never left me

No youth, no physiques, still so much time

No profession, no possession, still so much to do

The best thing - that idleness never left me!