Get you a mouthguard from the
local pharmacy,
the one that you
sit down in boiling hot water
until it softens enough to
conform to your
bite patterns
so you don't
grind your teeth
in your sleep.
Track your
blood pressure on a
home monitor and
monitor your pulse
for irregularity.
Tell your doctor the
whole truth if you
have to make an
appointment.
Find one thing you can watch that will
always make you laugh until you
cry.
Don't answer the phone for
negative people.
And pray.
When you pray,
tell God the whole truth like
He knows it
since he does.
Whisper
when your mood swings
tell you to
scream your head off.
No coffee, no caffeine, no alcohol, no drugs.
Love as much as you can handle,
and receive love.
Forgive yourself.
Forgive yourself.
Forgive yourself and
repent of your foolish and
wicked ways.
Apologize.
You know when you should.
And pray,
since God is the only one
who knows
the whole truth.
Cry, cry, cry if you must and
shut out those who
rebuke your tears.
Cry, cry, cry and sleep,
sleep when you feel weary.
Take a day
if you
need a day and
lie there.
Just lay.
Be as angry as you like and
spit your vitriol
out into the universe where
there is enough space
for it to dissipate.
Do not poison your own wells.
Drink water, water, water and
eat well, mmhmm, stay alive.
Pay your bills on time,
exercise and pray since
God is the only one who can
really set you free from your
dismay.
And wait.
A few days.
A few months.
A few years.
Wait, watch and pray.
One day you will wake up
restored.
-T. D. James-Moss
