Advice for day one:
Stand naked in your bathroom.
Lock the door, strip down past your skivvies,
and look in the mirror. Try
to forget every good thought that comes to mind--How
beautiful your eyes shine green in the light. How
soft your hair is after you get out of the shower--
and focus solely on the void in front of you--
the wrinkles that hold bags like weights under your eyes,
and how your hair seems to thin more and more each day.
This is not the last time you'll see yourself this way.
Stand naked in your bathroom.
Lock the door, strip down past your skivvies,
and look in the mirror. Try
to forget every good thought that comes to mind--How
beautiful your eyes shine green in the light. How
soft your hair is after you get out of the shower--
and focus solely on the void in front of you--
the wrinkles that hold bags like weights under your eyes,
and how your hair seems to thin more and more each day.
This is not the last time you'll see yourself this way.