measure. the time in how you slowly change. how willie nelson doesn't sound so bad anymore, how you've developed a taste for contentment with honey or honeyless. or that you really don't care who's watching, reading, saying...words meant to build up or tear down, or keep you at an even keel.
courage. to step up, stand out, or say "talk to the hand" now, my ears have checked out... or to unhook the kennel door to battle overjoyed pit faces and paws and tongues, strength that takes you for a long walk along moonlit skies on a winter's friday night. they don't know not to howl at the moon. and neither do you...
sleep. shower. melt the toxic, sweat it all out through your pores. forget about distorted faces and phonecalls, bullshit evaluations and check lists trying to tell you who you are. pull on fresh jammies, nestle under soft covers. dream yourself a honey. think about love...
friend. rock. pillar. reality check. four-footed wonders. talk to them. run...
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