Something New: Reflections On A Hard Life Poem by Patrick van der Loos

This is the start of something new.
This isn't where it ends.
A single breath stands not alone.
Life goes on.

If you could know the story;
These feelings, I fear to share.
The roads I wished I'd taken;
And the ones I wish I never had.

Sometimes a secret
Just becomes too deep.
A little too much for me to bear.

I only wish I knew someone
With whom this could be shared.

That sorrowed secret longing.
You might see it in my eyes,
A hinting of my past.

Little pieces of me
That have lives of their own
I think we all have our mysteries
Myself more than most.

Sometimes I say a word, or two.
Then just let the moment pass

Past lives have me mesmerized
If only the pain wasn't so much to bear

Dark times, and dark places
They don't always have to be.

Everyday, a new situation
A little less control
But they're all just lessons learned
On this crazy road.

This is the start of something new.
This isn't where it ends.
A single breath stands not alone.
……
Life goes on.