What If I Do Not Have To Do Anything Anymore?

What if I do not have anything to do anymore?
What if I am finished?

I have written what I could write
I have gotten to where I can get
Not very far
But it was what I am capable of -

What if I am finished
And all I have to do is rest
And write small poems
Bad or good as they are
And not even these
For the rest of my life?

What if I can say to myself
I need not try anymore
Because I can do no more
And I am finished?

What if I am done
And can take relief from this
While still longing to do more
And dissatisfied with where I have not gotten?

poem by Shalom Freedman
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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