You have to remember how you felt
when your gaze grazed the Monet painting
you loved so much
that one weekend when you were freezing your *** off
but thawing your heart out

You have to remember why red is your favorite color
and blue is its emotional companion
and some days you're both
and some days you're blue
and some days you can't stop burning red

You have to remember that you are not an empty eggshell
no one is trying to shatter your skull,
only you are
You are not a moldy coffin
You are not a parking garage to stop in
You are not a dreary day because even when you are gray,
you bring the brightest lightening I've ever ******* seen
You are more than one person's pair of unforgiving eyes
You are not the meager morsels of a pastry gone dry

You are alive, you are well
you are the fire when the world gives you hell
you've always had the power
to silence the slicing knives across your thoughts
your dreams haven't abandoned you,
they are not white horses leaping the fence when you aren't looking
your heart isn't asleep, she's just tired

so put the mirror down
it's time to let her rest.