Jigsaw

Scattered pieces strewn about.
Confusion, chaos, and doubt.
Youthful movements, try to play.
Tilt and turn in life each day.
No picture-goal, to aim for.
Piece by piece brings more and more.
Up and down and walk the feet.
Guilt.  Shame.  Puzzle incomplete.
Fit to blend.  Alien.  Freak.
The pressing days feel dark, bleak.
Smiling onward through the storm.
Pursue that elusive norm.
Close as ever, though it might,
Never settling in, just right.
Age by age and making do.
Lock, unlock, the pieces few.
Accept the mess.  Picture stays.
Defeat takes hold.  Many ways.
Life, a dull, constant project.
Then!  Unbeknownst new subject-
Missing pieces lost, now found.
The limitless views abound.
How never?  Not once conceived,
Parts missing? So long deceived!
Lovely puzzle now as whole,
Life begins, with complete soul.