Empty nest management

After nearly five years together

(one of courting, three and a half of marriage, six months of questioning),

thinking all I needed to be truly

productive,

insightful,

creative,

authentic,

efficient,

and successful was

distance

- from you, the marriage -

and time

- to be alone with myself, the work -,

I discover I’m at a loss to know

how to structure my time,

how to feed myself,

when to go to bed,

when to get up,

if it’s worth getting up at all.

Every day a series of loose ends that

leaves me wandering around our...