fictionsmith

When we moved to Nashville,
I asked my wife if
she wanted to go by Ella,
since she says Sarah is so common.

Moving to a new town
where you barely know anyone
used to be a good opportunity
to pick who you were going to be.

Sarah & I both did that (to some extent)
when we went to college,
and definitely wound up better for it.

But, it occurred to me that
social media makes it difficult
to reinvent oneself
to any major degree.

You leave a trail of photo tags,
comments, notes, lists of favorites,
or any other info you’re fine
with having the world know.

Your new acquaintances
can easily dig up who you were
to save time on getting to know
who you are presently.

I guess in the end
it’s important to remember
that who you were has a large part
in who you are becoming…

…and who you are becoming
is altered by every decision made
regardless of public posting.

But some days when I look in the mirror,
I don’t recognize myself for a moment,
and I’m still trying to figure out
what that means.

vcD,
-R