I feel I have failed because I have bailed.

I might have railed because my ship has sailed. [Without me.]

At least I wasn’t jailed.

I thought I’d nailed the timely daily post.

It turns out that was a baseless boast. [Today at any rate.]

I enjoy my work as a wordsmith host.

But today, I feel like nothing more than toast.

Many rhyming words are spelled different than others.

[If we’re lucky, a learning passed down from our mothers.]

The English language is a hotbed of inconsistence. [A new word I just learned!]

Without exploration, we’d never know the difference.

But words are also confusing and I’m burned out.

So with that, for today, I am bowing out.

I’ll be back to writing line after line …

When Spirit moves and I’m feeling fine.