An old man ruminates

I have never underestimated the power
of circumstance,
or the perverse power of everything
that can go wrong when you least expect it;
and always problems that do occur, eventually
seem to come from within,

and I judge myself to be at fault; not anticipating,
being complacent and nonchalant;
and what I have lost over the years
does not make me greater,
only deeper.

I fall through a hole
more gets taken away, yet I have come through
to the other side a gaping wound,
but then I am the wound
only deeper.

When it seems there is little left
is it possible that more can be taken,

Thin as I am, my other looks up at me
playing cards with himself.
He offers the deck to me, the game of chance.
It is useless to make guesses.

Maybe he is a ghost and the dead
are coming to greet me.

I wonder what waits hidden
from my eyes; it is enough to grind your bones.
I we myself, have argued all our life
have I finally become cynical in our discussions.
is it from the dawn of old age.

What will the creatures
of this world do
when I nova.

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