I’m doing just fine..!

Take a shower.

Wash away every trace of yesterday.
Of smells.
Of weary skin.
Get dressed.
Make coffee, windows open, the sun shining through.
Hold the cup with two hands and notice
that you feel the feeling of warmth.
You still feel warmth.
Now sit down, and get to work.
Keep your mind sharp, head on, eyes on the page
and if small thoughts of worries fight their ways
into your consciousness; threw them off like fires
in the night and keep your eyes on the track.
Nothing but the task in front of you.

Get off your chair in the middle of the day.
Take on your shoes and take a long walk
on open streets around people.
Notice how they’re all walking, in hurry, or slow.
Smiling, laughing, or eyes straight forward, hurried
to get to wherever they’re going.
And notice how you’re just one of them.
Not more, not less. Find comfort in the way
you’re just one in the crowd.
Your worries; no more, no less.

Go back home.
Take the long way just to not pass the liquor store.
Don’t buy the cigarettes.
Go straight home.
Take off your shoes.
Wash your hands.
Your face.
Notice the silence.
Notice your heart.
It’s still beating.
Still fighting.
Now get back to work.
Work with your mind sharp and eyes focused
and if any thoughts of worries or hate
or sadness creep their ways around,
shake it off like a runner in the night
for you own your mind, and you need to tame it.
Focus. Keep it sharp on track, the task in front of you.

Work until your eyes are tired and head is heavy,
and keep working even after that.
Take a shower, wash off the day.
Drink a glass of water.
Make the room dark.
Lie down and close your eyes.
Notice the silence.
Notice your heart.
Still beating.
Still fighting.
You made it, after all.
You made it, another day.
And you can make it one more.
You’re doing just fine.
You’re doing fine.

I’m doing just fine.