Cold, too damn cold
to even consider
waking up to
battle-crazy
freezing winter winds
and make decisions.

It seems so much
easier to give
into temptation,
to remain in bed
under a mountain
of heavy 110%
warm wool blankets
and settle for anything.

Just how low
would the temperatures
have to drop down
to inspire you to move
beyond what’s comfortable.

To create your life
with the passion, spirit,
self-love as opposed to
settling for being
like everyone
but you.

 

Janet Cormier is a painter, writes prose and poetry, and performs comedy. Janet prefers different and original over pretty. She loves collecting stuff, but cleaning not so much. Janet also talks to strangers. A lot. Her column appears weekly on Oddball Magazine.