Member Poem

(Published in Pieces of Me)

Sometimes you’ve got to break the glass
Tear up the hymn sheet
And trample all over the roses
You carefully planted last year
Or delete every word
You spent the last hour writing

When the glass is the only thing
Standing between you and your goals
And the thorns on those roses
Tear at you on your way
To something better, something new
And the song lyrics no longer apply

When the words you wrote
Have become someone else’s
From a time when they meant something
Now they float away from you
And you smile to yourself
Letting them go

The best new beginnings
Come from the worst endings
And new starts can only happen
When the endings are final
With no way to go back
The only choice is forward