Life's New Horizon

In youth's frantic clutches Addicted to vapid touches Love children spawned in shaded hutches Existing on euphoric highs, painless crutches In middle age, lust morphed into longing Spent body in static sphere now belonging Neglected prodigy seeking shelter in availing arms Licentious, pretentious friends fled in swarms Sins of youth girdle my deserted gates Promiscuous flings my esteem deflates Rebellious children their fealty abrogate Venal lovers rue my chaster estate In deep morass, my withered soul equivocates Bridging divide of self pity, butressing hope inflates Then residual pain with due penance heart conflates Seeking self forgiveness; from others proffering rebates Healing balm of inner resolve soothes empty soul To wayward children unconditional love tendered not in part but whole To fair weather friends only distant compassion will dole Forthrightly, to bring uplifting, sharing friends into my foal