Daily Cascade

Anonymous in January

Prompt:
Let this quote inspire your entry today.
“January is the worst month. I am fat and broke from the holidays, paler than ever, and I can’t feel my own face when I walk outside.”
Anonymous

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I don't know about this Anonymous, but I am glad to be in January after all the rush and brush of December. Granted, where I live doesn't have me experience any excess cold to not be able to feel my own face. And so, at times and on occasions like this, I am happy for the negatives. Weird me!

And poor Anonymous! Yet, his pain wasn't for nothing because it led me to write some broken verse to show I could commiserate with him.

To Anonymous in January

You stand in January like the receipt
crumpled in your pocket,
that you didn't throw away
and your credit cards still ache
as they tell your truth too loudly.

I see your skin faded like
the color of winter milk,
in holiday softness lingering,
your breath fogging up plans
you swore were serious.

Outside, the cold steals the joy
as your cheeks go numb, but you
can always fake optimism, for
this is what I do all the time
whether I am okay or not.

So I really hope inside you
some humor is surviving anyway,
and although I may sound awful, here,
my noticing you, sharing your pain,
must count for something.




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