House Guest

after a lifetime of
obedient disobedience,
I find myself trapped
inside my own
mental isolation chambers.
called retirement,

where I can witness
replays of my life,
choreographed by those
who possess power and
by those who possess weath,
and feel manipulated
from one room to another
in life's mansion
as if
I were some sort of
paying house guest
and tolerated because
my short lived stay
will present no real
threat towards change.

28Sept14