Starting Over....... A poem

What does starting over
Look like
Is it a more
Daring
A more
Beautiful
A more
Perfect
Me
Or simply the me
I once came here to be

Where exactly did I make
That fateful wrong turn
The left
That should have been a right
The convergence of two roads
Where I for the first time
Chose the safer way
The easier
More predictable
Much less dangerous
Way

What does starting over
Look like
When the mid life has come
And you wake up
To realize
This wasn't the life
You came here to live
This wasn't the body
You came here to wear
This wasn't the company
You came here to share

Is there such a thing
As a second chance
In this
This one same life
A do-over
A re-birth
A full and complete
Upheaval
Of every single safe bet
We ever once had made

What does starting over
Look like
When you are finally
Completely and utterly
Willing
To set every single solitary piece
Of your former self
Life, ideas and beliefs
Free

Does it maybe
Just maybe
Look like Love
Does it maybe
Just maybe
Look like Beauty
God
A thumping, pulsing
Wildly beating heart?
Or does it finally
Just finally
Once
Finally
Look like
Life