Getting Out Of Bed (on days like these)

Getting out of bed (on days like these)
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My heart says
Offer your wrists
Upturned and open
Your blood is just ink,
When you don't think
you're coping.

My mind says
Be stoic.
Stand still on your own.
You can bypass the pain
If you just turn
into stone.

My body says
I'm fragile,
Just, please stay in bed
These soft sheets can't hurt you
or your achy head

The sky says
"Come join me"
It begs me to leave
To soak in some blueness
& bear witness the breeze

The birds say
There's music,
just loosen your ears
Come, join in the choir
We've been waiting
for years

The heat says
Spring's here now
There's no need to fear
This coldness will leave you
eventually, dear

I turn to the window
I turn down my head
I turn down this pen
and I get out of bed.