THE DOING NOTHING
The doing nothing
Kills me
I cannot bear to do nothing
I cannot bear to feel useless
I cannot bear to feel totally worthless
Doing nothing
Having nothing to do
It is one of the worst
I am old now
And many old people have nothing to do
But this is no consolation
What am I to old people
And what are they to me?
I need to do something
I need to feel my life has some value
I am writing these lines now
Because this gives me some small and very doubtful sense
Of my own value
Now that I am finishing them
What will I do next?
Shalom Freedman
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