Penances

I’ve been paying penances

On bills from some other life

Here I am now

Ready for a blank slate

Searching for anywhere

Not housing a heartache

Point me in the direction

Of the Second Chance Store

I don’t need much

I’ll start with one score

The sound of new beginnings

Dancing on the shore

Of a beach brimming

With the life I envision shimmering

In every wave

Consuming the sand where I stand

As the sun recedes

Into the ocean

That carries all the secrets

We’ll never have time to hear