A hand extended,
Proferred but rejected.
Unsure of what
The act portended,
Choosing rather to remain
Unmended.
And through long years
Left unattended.
By obscurity
Befriended
'Til at last
Unbidden, unheralded,
Came to pass the unexpected:
Come poetic second chance
The power
To redeem the past;
To regain that which you forsook
In the folly
Of unlearned youth.
Come full circle
Initial rhyme
Ever-turning
Wheel of time.
What to do with second chance,
Which might just turn out to be the last?
Change the past,
Or take a pass?
Try something new
And unexpected.
Go beyond what you intended,
Face the fear,
The unknown, the dreaded.
Verdant olive branch
Extended,
And all broken fences
Mended.
Wildest hopes and dreams
Excelled.
Story over.
Happily ended.
