Carry This Into This New Year-- Another Poem

Here are some things

To remember for

2019

Because 2018 hit hard 

And taught much:

There are going to be times

When you feel so fragile

That a light breeze

Would send spiderweb cracks

like veins under your skin

Like you won't survive 

Until 2020

And then there will be times

When you are so strong

Holding everything together

Standing as tall as a mountain

Brushing aside problems

like an avalanche of rocks

Like you are the reason

You'll survive until

2020

There are going to be times 

You'll feel endless, infinite 

Like the universe

Like the ocean

And times when you feel

Shallow

Like a blank, white

Sheet of paper

Embrace them as they come

Feel them

Fully

Do not fear them--

Or rather, do fear them

Because fear is 

(Like these feelings, these times)
Part of being human

Embrace it, welcome being human

Feel it and

Fall in love with the human state

With messy hair and uncontrollable yawns

With awkward blushes and the little gestures

Biting nails and rubbing the palm of your hand

With wind blowing straight through you

And watching stars in other people's eyes

Make your life beautiful

By finding the beauty

And loving it and preserving it

And with a beautiful life

Comes a beautiful you.