Out of the Shadows

 

I have withdrawn myself to a new place

far removed from the perfidy of the rat race

I no longer pay any attention to the news

and by far prefer my own muse

The lying and cheating of the political class

can now go an kiss my hairy ass

I have started anew in a realm inhabited by a few

where intellectuals, poets and artists have a vision which is new

A concious decisiion to focus all my attention 

on my personal edification

The social media and technological contraptions which besot the many

no longer consume my time or energy

Should I wish to read I pick up a book

and the mobile phone or kindle do not get a second look

I observe the world about and those I daily see

and thank God for my identity which is the real me

No longer am I seduced by journalists and the latest craze

as I seriously commit such nonsense to the grave

I have reached a place quite sublime

which I have for years lost so much time