Survival...

A fading memory
Of a distant past
Long gone
And yet an undeniable truth.
A realisation sinks in of what was
What is.
An ache,
A smile escapes me.
Forgiveness.
Acceptance of what was and will never be again...
And then faith
Hope of new horizons
New priorities
A shift in paradigm.
Hard yet necessary.
Something unfathomable
Sometimes exciting possibilities
Sometimes looming and fearful
The future.
Uncertainties and impossibilities
Imposing and worrisome.
The paradox and the extremes
Painful and yet addictive,
An experience.
I hope and promise myself then
Only to look ahead with undying optimism
And always an unwavering faith
The eternal cycle of life
An inevitable truth.