Simplicity A Pipe Dream Poem by Richard St. Clair

I yearn for simpler ways to live my life,
Simpler than the crazy things I do,
And guilty, I, for yielding to them, too:
That goes as well for my beloved wife!
The days pass for this septuagenarian,
Content to feel at least a fleeting peace
In our distracted acts without surcease,
Our vow someday to change to vegetarian!
But I fear that if I left this life behind,
I'd soon regret and mourn the empty loss
While yearning to return to such a dross,
Giving in to our complexity's rewind.
The Buddha said to give attachments up,
But I can't see me emptying my cup.