i.
\nthe day is knocking on your bedroom window. pull the covers over your eyes\u2014
\nrefuse to see it. refuse to understand the world you occupy\u2014refuse to be it.
\nwhen the time finally comes to knock the nails from your coffin and rise,
\nwipe the night from your face. wipe away yesterday let it drain down the
\nsink. don\u2019t let anybody see. don\u2019t let anybody know where you\u2019ve been
\nwhat you\u2019ve done.<\/p>\n
ii.
\nwalk the halls of your house. back and forth and back and forth
\ntry to find purpose on the hardwood floors try to find the thoughts
\nas they float away catch them like fireflies place them in a jar and
\nwatch them shine.<\/p>\n
iii.
\nget ready for the people. get ready to break the dam of your front door
\nget ready to emerge in the current of civilization, to be knocked around, prepare for the force prepare for the worst. you have to make it through the day just keep with the current don\u2019t let yourself drown come up for air
\ncome up come up come up come up<\/p>\n
iv.
\nstop worrying about the things you cannot control. let your fears wash over
\nexhale them throw them into the arms of the air in the garbage bin, the sewer.
\nwe are clean people with sewers and showers and trashcans we do not let waste suffocate us we are a city underwater we know how to cleanse to let go to float on.<\/p>\n
v.
\nlet your heart be the sun. let it rise. watch it fall. don\u2019t let anyone too
\nclose, warn them about catching fire.<\/p>\n
vi.
\nmake amends with the cliff side. tell it you know a thing or two about gravity. tell it you will not allow it to drag you down. tell it the world has a place for you and you refuse to
\nfreefall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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