Ambition seems overrated
at this time of life,
effort seems more like strife.
In my youth I was motivated
by a hungry desire
that consumed me like a fire.
I have lost a certain drive,
there is no doubt, I can survive.
It matters not if I
become a “has been,”
burned up and scattered
upon the shifting wind,
out into the blue space
that holds the earth
and all that’s in it.