That final career move, the end of work, is that really right for me?

Have i achieved all  I wanted, am I now at the end? will my workplace cease to be?

as I gaze down the years from then to here it seems to be just a flash

as quick as a wink, gone in a blink and what did I do with  that cash?

I feel like a teenager full of angst, not sure how to behave or to be

if I retire from work and start to shirk what will become of me?

Will I start to bemoan all the aches and the pains that seem to trouble the old

will I hunch up my back, forget where I am and complain of the heat and the cold?

will my skin become wrinkled and my eyesight fade, will I repeat myself endlessly too

Will I forget who I am and be put in a home out of danger and out of thoughts too

but before that all happens I could spend some time wandering all over Australia

looking at the rock, checking out beaches not chatting about what may ail yer!

the cycle of life is a wonderful thing each change can be seen as adventure

but should I retire ? well the old adage says there is nothing to gain with no venture!!