Liking How You’re Living

By Rich G.

There’s a sudden and half-expected
hit of joy that comes with it—
a familiar jolt in the heart’s funny bone
letting you know 
you’re back to bumping 
along the right corridor.
Sure, there’s room for improvement,
many rooms, in fact,
unused in the sprawling
mansion of your remaining days,
waiting in furnished gloom
for a bruising to flay 
its ripened dust.

Published in A New Leaf – April 2025

Image: A long hallway of doors