Life spent on a wage.

For what
work gives
work takes
away.
He had all
the money
in the world,
but no time
to spend it.
When free time
was the best time
one felt immortal.
But for now
life was spent
on earning
a wage.

Reviews

[barleygirl]

At a young age, I noticed that people worked until they were too old to enjoy anything. For this reason, I took many breaks in my career to pursue fun adventures for 6 months at a time. Now that I am prematurely disabled, I'm especially glad I did those wild-a*s things when everyone else was having kids & paying house payments (((HUGS)))

[andrew mitchell]

Very wise Margie, thank you for your words.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Scrooge could have taken notice of this poem...and in his after-dream life...appreciated these words, much.

[andrew mitchell]

Christmas Carol wasn’t it by Dickens.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, it was.

[Namus]

Apparently simple poetry hits you kinda hard in the end with its subtle melancholy bits. Perfect length I might dare add. I essentially agree with you, but have you considered this kind of opposite scenario: where AI or whatever it is has taken all our jobs, meaningful or not, it hasn't hurt our ability to buy things (or, do stuff, let's say, in some possible post-money world ☺), and it is serving us faithfully, but people are weary, bored, desperate for they have nothing to do? May be the free time looks so precious only because it's not so easily found? What says you?

[andrew mitchell]

Thanks for your words, yes it’s a case of the haves and have nots.