Resolutions

I

Breathe

Breathe deeply

in January

when breathing is the

most terrifying

when the cold threatens

to gut you from the

inside out

and know

that it can only get easier

and that there will

eventually be

a thaw

II

Collapse

Fall into

the new year

and its fresh beginnings

and start again

rebuild

what foundations

are warped and

give no support

and build something

that cannot

ever

be broken

III

Connect

There are tides

that depend on you

and there are words

that wait for

a chance to break

across a silent shore

so do not give up

your breath so soon

just because

the air seems too thin

to survive

and do not forget that

the phases of the moon

are the phrases

of your earth

IV

Love

Love deeply

even when it is

most terrifying

when the fear feels

like it will gut you

from the inside out

and know that

it is not a blade

slicing

but is instead

the burn of

your heart

filling in its own cracks

because you let it

V

Be loved

Allow the sun

its chance to kiss

your face

instead of hiding

in the shadows

lie back

in a field of dandelions

and bloom

and finally

for once

be warm

~VoodooRue (January 2018)