New World, New Friends

Left behind forever is the world I once knew,
the world of wife and family.

My devotion for them goes unrewarded.
The complexities of living taking its toll.

To start over, knowing nothing but the family life.
So " fish out of water" am I, this new way of life,
this new untraveled road I am faced with.

Not knowing where I am going or
how to get to this unknown destination.

The best of travelers must know
to where they are traveling
before they begin their journey,
or they are destined to fail,
never to reach their destiny.

So many questions
I must seek the answers to.
Where to turn, what to do, where to fit in,
where to go from here?

This single life,
I know not how to do this thing,
and yet I must,
for this is the hand that lifes dealer
has dealt me.

I must play my cards smartly,
to the best of my ability.
My life depends on it.

I am in need of help,
who do I turn to?

I turn to the joys of the dance floor,
to the good times had by all
there on those floors.

Good people having good times,
good times they are willing to share
with anyone that has a need.

I have this need for the good times.
I feel that I am worthy of this joy
and seek it with all my heart and soul.

So special these new friends of mine,
these friends of dancing,
the sympathetic ears I need
to hear my troubles,
to offer me the support
which I have this need
so desperately for
at this time in my life.

Their kindness and understanding,
so needed, so appreciated by me.

So lucky I am to have the friendship
of all these friendly new friends.
I owe to them my life,
and my sanity.

"God" only knows where I would be
had it not been for
the meeting of all my new friends.

So many of them meeting
so many different needs I have,
yet many not aware of
what they have done for me.

The acceptance of me
for who I am
and what I am,
being themselves,
and letting me be myself.

The acceptance of my smiles of joy,
and the returned gifts of their smiles.

I take this opportunity to thank them one and all,
some of the many new treasures
my future holds in store for me.