how to have a life of beauty
go to a house party where you don't know anybody
be overdressed or
underdressed
there will be a guy there who smells
bad
and the music
will be absolute garbage
Dance anyway
hug that guy
look at yourself
in the mirror
and laugh at the sky
love thrives in
comfort
in the warm
caverns of the heart
but
it is born out in the cold
in-between places and back alleys
take it in
like a scared kitten
torn and scared and bleating for hope
and teach it to sleep again