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Rubber Band

Published: 24 May 2019

I'm so, very tired right now.
It's as if my spine were a rubber band—
bending, swaying to drums beating
through the earpieces.

“Relax your soul” is what the voice
of an unknown artist tells me.

But once I start to free this rubber band
and close my eyes and try to lubricate them,
I remember today's encounters. Early as it is.

“Relax your soul...”

I am so, very tired right now
but my soul needs no relaxing
as I spend all my remaining energy
bending my lips upward in a smile.

I think I will get good dreams tonight
and tomorrow and on Sunday and on Monday.
I hope that Tuesday and Wednesday
will be more of the same.

But I pray that one of these days,
I can also make you smile as I do.