Stronger

My life has changed.
Things I worked at
for so long
and forgot.
These things
that consumed me
and abandoned me
have returned
again.
I have a chance
to begin again.
I made mistakes before.
I trusted
where trust
wasn’t earned.
And that trust
collapsed.
I begin again
with a new trust
for new people
that I know
like I know myself.
I have a chance
to recreate a dream
I had.
Now I am the focus
of a dream
that others dream.
I have floundered.
I have wondered
If I could ever again
stand up
and move forward.
I make no apologies.
I have made mistakes,
but I have learned
from them
and I am stronger
because of them.