What to Do Next - Kayleen Asbo

[Lawrence Robinson]

What to Do Next


Lie down in grass
and feel the sun on your face.
At night,
gaze at the stars.

Pick up your pen,
your paintbrush,
your instrument.
Weep.
Wail.
Sing.

Find the kindest poems you can lay your hands on
Repeat them over and over,
wrapping them around your aching heart
like a soft blanket,
and rock yourself
like you would a baby.

Bury your bare feet
in green grass or soft sand.
Remind yourself :
You still belong here,
no matter how bleak
today may seem.

Reach out to one person
more scared or suffering than you are.
Send a love note
Make a mandala.
Bake cookies.
Be extravagant
with praise.

The sorrow is vast:
Do not let it devour you.
As the darkness grows,
may each of us
become
a candle
of light.

	- Kayleen Asbo
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