Second Chances by Michael Keshigian

The ghost of his past

has come again to visit

and together they reminisce

while the sun shines a halo

around decisions once made.

What else might they do

but commiserate the outcomes?

The years have since camouflaged the path,

the remaining trail shortens.

He notices how the trees

are laden with leaves,

how the steam of summer stifles them

as sunlight dives like a dolphin

through the branches,

like his memory of events,

constantly pulling downward.

Thoughts float

through the gray matter

in his skull

as he dances with recollections,

smiling at those he once knew,

people he wronged

and those who wronged him.

He two-steps slowly from out

the murky maze of results,

back into the light

and the promise of renewal.

Redemption awaits.

Michael Keshigian had his fourteenth poetry collection, What To Do With Intangibles, recently released in January, 2020 by Cyberwit.net.  He has been published in numerous national and international journals and has appeared as feature writer in twenty publications with 7 Pushcart Prize and 2 Best Of The Net nominations. (michaelkeshigian.com)