Tantalus
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#25 Tantalus
Trapped on this very spot.
A punishment, so raw.
If you saw, what I saw,
you didn't care if you were bound or not.
But this torture is not okay.
I see, a few inches from me.
A fruit, oh it smells so tasty
If I reach for it, it blows away.
It's water, that I feel.
Flowing, right before my lips.
If I want to drink a few drips,
it sinks down below, for real.
I want my eyes to be blind,
so I won't see my needs.
With nothing on my mind,
only feeling the pain of my own deeds.
When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance,
his colleagues generally present him with a watch.
R.C. Sherriff
Retired is being twice tired, I've thought
First tired of working, then tired of not.
Richard Armour
O, blest retirement! Friend to life's decline -
How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these,
A youth of labor with an age of ease!
Goldsmith
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The challenge of retirement is how to spend time without spending money.
Author Unknown
Retirement is wonderful. It's doing nothing without worrying about
getting caught at it.
— Gene Perret
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