One

Every day is day one.  
A fresh start attached to the alarm, the sunrise, the cup of tea in your favorite mug.
Your morning face in the mirror, 
bleary-eyed as you try to attach meaning to a half remembered dream,
It’s the face of tomorrow’s you today. 
Move on through your morning. 
Prepare yourself for battle with whatever unexpected happening comes your way.

Every day is day one.
Push away from yesterday’s pain and sorrow.  
It was never meant to attach itself to you like a permanent parasite. 
Let it fade and become a distant and jumbled memory. 
Shed it as a too-heavy cloak at the doorstep of the gift of a new dawn.  
Every day is day one.