once again i find myself startin over
as in the "seven year itch"
be it seven years, months, days
or just moment-to-moment

we all need periodic renewal

the remnants of past gone by
like old coffee dregs the day after
must be cast aside
on the Dawn of a New Morn

the Cherokee have a ceremony for such occasion
the Green Corn Ceremony
it was to start life fresh
to erase past mistakes
and to be forgiven for wrong-doing