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