What can I say 
about contentment?
It’s not the highs or lows
or times you’re fully “on”. 
It’s not joy.
It’s not perfection. 
It’s peace. 
It’s what my ex-friend 
Daryn said we all 
should want
when what I wanted
(at that time) 
was excitement. 

Now, decades later,
I am about 
peace
(though Daryn
remains ex). 

I’m alive,
active, working. 
And old. 
I’m trekking 
downhill.
I don’t even know 
when schools 
let out.

But what seems 
so cool is… 
I’m good. 

I’ve got it going -
family, work, 
partner, 
friends, 
home.

I like walking,
embroidery,
holidays,
tea with friends,
our crazy cats,
Scrabble nights,
dressing up, 
dark movies, 
and a slew of
other silly stuff. 

And that,
my friend, 
is what I’ll 
say about 
contentment. 

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