One Chapter Closed (sonnet)

One chapter closed and another begins,
Or is it the end of a book and the
Start of a new one where the other ends;
Time to live what is and forget what was.
Where will I go on this, my new journey?
Will there be signs to guide along the way?
Will I be stuck here for eternity,
Or will I find myself a brighter day?
No iron fetters now to hold me back,
No bitter bonds of "love" to keep me still.
Unsure of what it is that I now lack,
I don't know the way, but find it I will.
The challenge of tomorrow seems immense.
But I'll manage it just like all the rest.

Today's Comics

It's kind of funny, boys "grow up" into men, but they are often still "thoughtless, worthless clods, insensitive and crude.  They're just like little children - annoying, loud and rude, with hearts as hard as concrete and brains as dense as lead."  Apparently, the whole "growing up" process doesn't affect them all that much . . .

That one is basically self-explanatory, and boy can I relate.  But if I hadn't ever gotten married, and if I hadn't stayed, I wouldn't have my wonderful children . . . and I wouldn't trade them for the world!