not a care in the world

we reboot, start over.

erase the board of the past.

we

change our name,

the color of our hair.

we move.

we get a new job, a new car.

a new

pair

of shoes.

we slip the ring off.

we get divorced. we

put the pieces back together

with

self help glue.

therapy,

self love, the local

barista guru.

we rebuild, get fresh

with a new

address,

a new point of view.

it's what we do.

how we survive. pretend

that what happened

in the past never happened

at all.

look at me now, with a spring

in my step.

a smile on my face.

doing cartwheels down

the bright sunny street, 

not a care in the world,

not a fret.