I think too much.
I care too deeply.
I text too often.
I laugh too hard,
For fear of them having to fret
As much I do.
Such is the nature of a worrier.

When they said that love is pain
they didn’t expect me
to quite literally be bleeding

I've started hating all
of the music that
I love
and maybe it’s because
I hear you in every
song

Saying goodbye
To someone you love
Is like reading the final page
Of an amazing book.

As the last chapter ends
You begin to notice
Just how beautiful
And perfect
The plot always was.  

You appreciate the joy
And even the pain
As you read and thumb
Through every page.

Finally understanding
The moral of the story,
You realize you've reached
The end of this journey.

Although the last sentence  
Is the most difficult to read
Another great book awaits
Once you turn the final page.

Eventually you may stumble
Upon yet another great find.
Or maybe you'll return
To the book you left behind.

You may just discover
Once all is said and done
That this particular book  
Was your favorite story
All along.

Can you move on from what
you are to what you need to
become and can you re-define
winning, embrace the
unexpected, help everyone go
further faster, accept change
and accelerate growth, and if
you can complete all or most
of the above, you have a good
start on the next chapter of
your life.

Tomorrow belongs to the fast,
and to those who can last, and
the winners and the losers will
be decided by how quickly we
can adapt to change as we get
old, and as we are watching
the world going by us  if we
are able to rediscover the
seemingly lost art of human
interaction, than we will have
good traction while writing
our new chapter.

While writing that next chapter
remember that there is no love
without forgiveness and no
forgiveness without love, so say
to yourself, I want to shine
before I die, and you just might.
                                                    Jon York    2017