This is a fresh start

Fresh starts are gorgeous and daunting.  They masquerade in the beginning – pretending to be easy.  One just has to reach up and pluck the fresh start and it is all yours.  It is your very own fresh start.  And if you keep your fresh start private, no one ever needs to know of the promises you’ve made to begin again.  It’s just you and your fresh start.

But the fresh start forces you to question: What now?  But the answer does not lie with the fresh start.  It is fresh. It is new.  It does not know the answer.  In fact, you just asked it its very first question – the most important question you will ever ask of it.

So, what now?  I am still a writer. I am a lover.  I am a skeptic in rehab.  I am a cautious believer.