A Hermits life, why?

A Hermits life, why?

No entanglements that's why.

Hermits have to please no one

Other than themselves.

If they love, they love from afar.

Having absconded from the world

No one can disappoint them,

Nor can they disappoint anyone.

Foregoing all the pleasures of society

They no longer have to suffer

The slings and arrows hurled their way.

And temptation of the flesh

Has been delivered far away.

A hermit’s life has its appeal,

But comes with a large price to pay.

Balancing the pros and cons

Of living among them or withdrawing

Is a task we all take on and

We don’t have to go live in a cave

To be a hermit.

We can withdraw into our minds

To avoid any chance of disappointment.

Burnt once, twice shy can grow

Into a never again defense,

Betrayal by deceit, broken promises,

Being left for another, or

The death of one dear

That left way too soon.

Can make us retreat

Shutting out any new relation

That brings a risk of disappointment.

To love is to be vulnerable.

When you develop feelings,

Those feelings can be hurt.

But the price you pay by avoiding

Any chance of being hurt

Is all the pleasure of being close,

Of being loved, of being needed.

Whether the price is too great

Is settled in your mind.

Be careful of judging the new by the old

Do not make a new interest

Carry the sins of the old,

But judge wisely for as

Many a hermit has returned

To the world wishing

That they had never left.

But some have come back to only

To find more disappointment and pain.

As much as I may wish to,

I cannot tell you what to do,

I can only wish what I wish,

And even if you drop your shields

There is no guarantee

That I would be the one

Who’s arms you would come,

But still I would urge you to

Come back to a state of mind

Where you can risk getting close again.

I pray that might be me

That you would take you next

Chance with, a chance on happiness

With another man.

For my feeling grow stronger

With each passing day.

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