To the Author

Get your life together, girl.

B R E A T H E

It may be
the last week of classes
and every deadline
is pressing down
meanwhile Stage Manager duties
kicked in earlier than you thought.

Doesn't matter.

You've survived worse
and will survive greater.
You can
(after all,
the Lord Almighty
is on your side).

Keep playing at being okay.
Dive into that role
with no hesitations.
Tell yourself
that lie
enough times
and it will become true.

You've done this before
and it has worked.
I believe in you,
and that it will work again.