Am constantly applying for jobs and getting nays
makes confidence and ambitions go up in ablaze
government hand outs leave me in a mindless daze
difficult to make ends meet as nothing really pays
As it gets harder and harder to actually raise
up from bed each morning, life is like a maze
shower, put my slippers on and just gaze
what else to do but simply laze …
Wandering about with eyes in a permanent glaze
foolish thoughts of jumping or going out in a blaze
not a good swimmer so should stay away from bays
life will end too soon without shortening my days
What I most need to abandon is my wilful ways
my explosive emotions and my mindless haze
my lack of motivation and my general malaise
I’ve got to really pull myself out of this lazy phase!
Tale Weaver #158 explore the concept of abandonment …
aroused 
Perfect pairing of poem and photo, Kate!
All of us can relate to both. And all of us can be the “I” in your poem.
Yes, we must abandon those things you listed in your last stanza and abandon/lose oneself in/indulge in some things that make us smile and take steps forward in our lives!
HUGS!!! 🙂
PS…Oh that pup is such a sweetheart! 🙂
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Thanks so much Kate for sharing your thoughts with the Tale weaver, I know you are not alone in thinking as you do. Take care.
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Oh my God, the look and the words. It’s like watching a video.
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You weave quite a mood with your words. Well done!
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Really liked it, Kate. It certainly reflects the feeling of abandonment we face in our lives sometime or the other.
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The pain of struggle an lost purpose seems to echo through this, the alienation, ouch, potent.
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Great words of abandonment and one surely gets lazy and dull when things do not move the way we want to and I loved the picture of the dog who is sitting quietly in abandonment. Lovely words, Kate.
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This, i must say is very powerful Kate..moreso because you wrote it on a first person point of view…🤗
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This certainly strikes a chord – we have all been here. Thanks for putting a voice to our concerns
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