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Retirement

He tells me how happy he is. I worried about retiring, he said this morning, and it’s bloody marvellous. I am glad. I am glad that he feels this way. And me? I cannot see it, visualise it. Work stresses me but it also grounds me. I have purpose. My life has form and structure. Who can say what is coming? Be satisfied. This is all of your choosing.

By Ellen Bell

Artist and writer currently living in Aberystwyth.