Chapter Ten, The Rebirth And Realisation Poem by Matthew Holloway

You can't go back and change the beginning
But you can start where you are and change the ending
Hope for a new line without any questions asked
As answers often fall short of their expectations
Quotations and highly placed proverbs exclaim
What better days await those willing to turn the page
Another advertising trick to keep you reading
How cynical age can transform the readers
Or the bookmarks of history become stained
Chapters end and begin all the time
Sequels and open ended stories echo
What may be, what could have been
Life in itself is a real page turner
Each soul a living biography
The mistakes, wins and losses
Chapters, paragraphs and sentences
A solitary thumb strokes the corner of the page
Waiting to turn, read on, chapter ten