never again

365 days doesn’t seem too long

In the life

Of a human

But

When it makes the difference

Between

Glowing happiness

And mind-numbing misery

It perhaps

Defies calibration

Same time

Last year

I was all coiled up

Inward

Downward

Loathed me

With so much

Heat

I burnt myself out

And singed everyone

Around me

This morning

I looked

At myself in the mirror

The sparkle in my eyes

Lips curled in ready laughter

And I said to myself

Never again