A sizable 401k
Savings, a Roth,
Substantial equity in a home
Even a secret stash of gold and silver
For the unthinkable days
A decade ago
With this money
I’d have boarded the next flight
For Japan, China, Europe.
I’d resign.
And I’d laugh and be free.
Or was that always her?
And did I lose my adventure
with Inverse proportion to my power?
Why is there a law of work
and a savior that
forbids care?