Glimpse of the moon

Need a little reassurance
and maybe just one more guitar
chord to learn and know.
Blowing out the candles
Every year making a wish yet
Asking,
Is this how it's going to be?
Life is filled with different beginnings
as every birthday is filled with different
drinks poured into red solo cups,
then bottles,
then diamond champagne glasses.
What will be different when I wake up
to a new style in life?
Will I or my guitar be in good condition?
Still I walk outside in the dark listening
to music soothing into my veins.
In the gray night sky
a glimpse of the moon is plenty for me
to look down at my strides,
and see my shadow.
Darkened image of my body that
may have changed as well as me,
so the shadow says to me and the world,
I'm here and living for now on,
and there are new songs to write and play.
Change is brutal in the beginning,
but needed in the end.
Amen