Take a breath…

Don’t swallow the sun
The moon isn’t bright enough…

I promise I’ll be a better person this time next year.

If you’re reading this…
Congratulations, you’re alive.
If that’s not something to smile about, then I don’t know what is.

― Chad Sugg, from “Swallow the Sun” in Monsters Under Your Head

Notes:

• Poem: Thank you Julian in his post “Stop. And Focus” @ juliansummerhayes.com
• Photo: Henrik Purienneh (via ninipoppins)
• Post inspired by: “I am grateful for what I am & have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite — only a sense of existence.” ~ Henry David Thoreau, The Correspondence of Henry David Thoreau: Volume 2 1849-1856
• And inspired by this Haiku: “new year’s eve – / in the echo of fog horns / another voyage starts” ~ Keiko Izawa (via Lit Verve)