The Resume button for a part of my life has been pressed.

I have returned
and the pieces of my life
          fall into place
                    -interlock
          like the solution to a burning puzzle
          that begs to be solved
Things motionless and inert have sprung to life
A furnace, previously dormant,
heats itself, and spreads a rising glow over
          everything.
          all the pieces of the puzzle,
          being warmed and colored by this

I look different.
          Changed.
But I think I am the same person . . .
. . . just progressed.
          Advanced.
          Evolved.

It's odd. I have a feeling of being farther than before,
but I've gone back to basics.
I'm starting anew,
at the beginning
          again.

This is different.
I think that's it.
I consciously make decisions
that steer the course of this
          away from what has been before
There were good things before:
marvelous things
However,
this time, I am not taking the same path.
I'm not bringing the same things up,
I'm not acting the same way,
I'm not steering conversation and relationship
          to where a part of me wants it to go

There's something about her
that makes me not want to ruin this
          something that makes me not want this
          to be reduced or belittled
                    in any way
                    shape or form

I want this to be as pristine as I see it now.
In my mind,
it is glowing:
a sphere of purity
and basic wholeness
that casts a soothing light on other parts of me.
It calms other parts of me,
that normally glare, sharp and imposing,
but now step back and take notice
          step back and give respect
For they know, that this transcends.
This is on a higher level
          of importance
          of feeling
All the voices and the figures in my mind
are forced to bow down
Because they understand, just as I do,
what this means.