All I Ask

a chair with a good back

a bed with a firm mattress

a house with a protective roof and walls

and enough money to live simply

is all I ask these days…

except for a pen and paper with which to write my thoughts;

and, of course, a mind from which these thoughts must develop,

but, do I want or need a companion?

Of this, I am uncertain,

and yet, one has been with me all my life

…so, what would I do without

and how would I manage?

but, this is how it’s been and this

is how it must be…

4Mar17