Tis the season
of holiday madness
and page long
to-do Lists.

Remember
to breathe
as you race
around

attending
to last
minute
details.

Mingle
joy with
happiness
and hope.

Pray for
friends and
strangers
and self.

Pray for
those who
look like you,
those who don’t.

And finally,
recall
that old
saying,

to
keep on
keeping on
with grace.

 

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.