Home for the New Year

Another day home, undisturbed and still,

a tug-o-war of idleness and will,

to seize and create, or simply waste time,

to achieve or fall short, to sink or climb,

but what is to seize when every next day

is sheltered-in-place, and duty’s to stay

home more time still, akin to a squatter

sitting stagnant in tepid bath water.

Quarantine for wellbeing shall prevail,

as many lives endure buoyant yet stale.

© J.A. Flintsmith 2020

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