Face
When you can look
the past in the eye
without regrets
without a cry;
when you commit
to forward fly
into this one
direct direction,
a path of no turning back,
except to remember
the good times,
square ‘70’s photos,
plastic pantsuits, Toughskins, culottes,
simpler times,
using mail-room slots.
When you can trade
what was for what is,
you can face today.