Poem: Time is Changing (again)

Tine is changing again
just as I was getting comfortable
I always know
that circumstances
are temporary
and the change is always
for the best

But I will miss Santa Cruz
and the time I had there
I got what I could
and learned what I needed to
now it is time to move on

Nothing good would come
from me staying
everything which
you will not let go of
will be taken from you
better to leave
with grace and forethought
than to crash
in sadness and horror

I've felt it coming for some time
from deep down inside
the next chapter of my life
the next chapter of my book

Being a homeless drunk
was better than
being a homeless heroin addict
being in rehab
was better than
being a homeless drunk
living with my Uncle in Sacramento
was better than rehab
and Santa Cruz
was better than Sacramento

Surely my life will continue to improve
no profit in pining
for things already lost
better to focus on the good
of things to come

All of which
are in store for me