The Doldrums

Please pardon my annoyance and don’t mind my chagrin—
my great dissatisfaction with the mindset that I’m in.
All the former methods that could cause me to exult:
first prayer and then Buscaglia, pot and the occult,
no longer serve this purpose. I am left here cold and rigid.
My fires of enthusiasm have, I fear, gone frigid.
Yet I think I deserve credit, at least, for still resisting
temptation just to end it all. At least, I’m still existing.

Note: It’s fiction, folks. I’m feeling fine!!! So is Forgottenman. He’s just too much of a clown and affords too many photo opportunities that later come in handy for illustrative purposes. Blame the prompts.

The prompt words today are exult, frigid, credit and chagrin. Here are the links:
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2018/12/01/rdp-saturday-exult/
https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2018/12/01/your-daily-word-prompt-frigid-December-1-2018/
https://fivedotoh.com/2018/12/01/fowc-with-fandango-credit/
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2018/12/01/chagrin/