New Beginnings

Starting over loses its novelty
a free spirit but a refugee of
the heart.
Running from fear
of winning,
fear of losing...
Intermittent spouts of Courage
and Hope
Amid emotions
unspoken,
angst too volatile
to share.
Deal with it.
It's all in your mind...
Love is an escape.
A temporal hiatus from the maze of reality.
Friendship a delicate blur
like lemonade
on asphalt.