Pomegranate Seeds at Modnight

II

Inhale through your rosy nose, nipped at by Jack Frost in the early weeks of December

Exhale through those chapped lips of yours that have been bitten on by your teeth

during the times when the chains of anxiety were digging deeper
and
deeper
into your wrists

that have been kissed by the few who have waltzed into your messed up world for a few months

only to stir up memories and emotions that will come back in the dead of night

tapping their claws outside your window

making sure you never forget about the past

Repeat the inhaling and exhaling three to five times

Readjust your broken smile in the mirror

and wipe away those tears