mentally retired

before

you actually quit,

before you

physically

no longer get up and go

out the door

to work,

you mentally retire.

you've

had enough,

you're exhausted with it all,

with all you

need to do

to keep the trains on time,

to fill

the already overflowing

coffers.

you don't want

to hold up the white

flag

of surrender,

you tell yourself, just one

more year,

one more

month, one more job

and then.

and then, maybe.

but you are no quitter

and never have been.