Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Take in memories.
Feel them swirl
through your nostrils
and billow within
cavernous lungs:
pillows of past
humblings and pride
fillings and fear
swells and quells,
unexpected joys,
shudders and thrills
to rest your head on
and wind your day down.
Let their oxygen
feed you, stream
tributary to
muscle and mind,
leaving droplets
of doubt or regret
to cling, carbon-bound
and blown back
through pursed lips
into ether, ready
for sun’s bake or
time’s turn to cleanse.

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love notes
a ritual to start the work week