i have a glimpse of retirement, casual dress, connected by technology

i work and write at my desk, a view of the mountains, a changing room

i vacation by the lake, stretching on a yoga mat, jaw slackening

i close my eyes, the blueness of the sky endures, floaters swimming past

i am interrupted, flies biting, voices echoing disappointments

i open my eyes, inhaling the sky above, clouds aloft, weeping willows

i rise, walking away from one life, walking beside my wife

i welcome the twilight, frogs croaking, cattle lowing, nature exhaling

crossing a threshold
releasing expectations
embracing the muse