Hello 2020

 

“How did you ring in the New Year?”

The question made me pause

A warm, red blush, filled my cheeks

“Sober” was my go-to answer

One word with a lot of meaning and pride

Describing all the turmoil, awakenings, beauty and darkness of the last year

And although that is a correct answer

It is not the whole

“In orgasm”. “Sober, alone and cumming”

That’s more like it

Self-love at it’s finest, in the years finest hour

While fireworks were being set off outside

I experienced my own internal show

People yelling and banging pots and pans

While I muffled my own voice into my pillow

And then I sat outside

Listening to the continuing cacophony

A trumpet trying pitifully to hit some high notes

And I giggled, I smiled, and I felt

A sense of pure contentment and gratitude

Sober, alone, and happy