Sleep until you are ready
get up to do something you love
touch someone if only by saying “hello”

Play more than one role
permit yourself  imperfections
strive for calm

Listen to your arteries work
write the rhythms only you hear
accept you are alone

Do not excuse yourself from possibility
engage in minutes’ madness
take on time’s dogged power

Drink coffee, fold the laundry, run,
read, do not let need get to you,
write, what you hope will remain.