How to Be Poetic

Poem by Kailee Britt

photo by andrew mcclure

Get comfortable; soothe the agitations in your mind
However you may do so-
Whether that’s lighting the bubbly champagne toast candle 
on your windowsill 
And rotting in your bed
Or slipping on your dirty white Nikes
and going for a run as black bleeds into the sky 
Find the meaning in everything you can
Overanalyze everyone’s thoughts and actions,
As well as your own.
Wander in your mind, get lost in it
Forget your way out 
Stay a little while. 
Meditate. 
Meditate on the big things, meditate on the small things,
notice every waking thing around you.
Now put it on paper. 

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