Retire

When do you retire?

Tonight , when you tire ?
Staring into the fire

Or a decade later
when you wonder
About this mire
Rather  dire

Two weeks hence
when the kids are
gone , across the fence
your eyes mist over


Are you ready
Eyes  are beady
thoughts  heady
 heart greedy

bodily frail
organs fail
won't you tire
when will you retire?


Is there
still fire
in your heart?
play your part

and begone
why prolong
you're not alone
we suffer along


My child
I am old
I done lots
washed pots

Ran along
sang songs
In  drumming rain
in  throbbing pain

Planted crops ,seeds
harvested bounty, kids
Thru laughter
and tears

I built an empire
How can I tire?

Even raging fires
die into embers
all that is born
has to begone
 sooner
or later
all matter
ceases
its chatter

I too will,one day find
a way out of the grind
I will rise like a phantom
my self reduced to atom

till then I will breathe , respire
the heart will beat , not tire
Tell me , my dear,
How do I retire?