SORTING THINGS OUT

MY CHRISTMAS CARD TO EVERYONE ON THE PLANET

Gather all your memories
inside your circled arms
and clasped hands.
Be still and breathe deeply.
Gaze down and place
them all in order.
Let times of joy
and exhilaration
rise to the top.
Make room
for days of grief
and make a special place
for when you reached out
and helped another.
Let darker memories
sink to the bottom.
hidden in haze.
An expiation,
each soul owes to itself.