Helium

by Rudy Francisco

Get out of bed. The day has been asking about you. It dragged the sun into your room this morning,

I hope I haven’t already driven past my greatest moments. I hope there is something beautiful on the horizon that’s just as impatient as I am.

Yesterday I tripped over my self-esteem, landed on my pride and it shattered like an iPhone with a broken face.

promise I will love you as if it’s the only thing I’ve ever done correctly.

I’m usually not a love poet, but if I were to wake up tomorrow morning and decide that I really want to write about love, my first poem would be about you.

Remember, every year two million people die of dehydration. So it doesn’t matter if the glass is half full or half empty. There’s water in the cup. Drink it and stop complaining.