if you really want to spend time curling your hair,
or picking out the right pillow for that chair.

if you really enjoy making everything matching and clean,
color coordinated and neat – I hope you do those things

if you want to, I hope you do.

but.

you know you don’t have to, right?
you don’t owe it to anyone – it’s your life.
your house doesn’t have to look a certain way.
your body doesn’t have to look a certain way.

so you can spend time curling your hair,
or picking out the right pillow for that chair.

if you want to, I hope you do.
but.

you could paint a picture instead
or stay longer in bed.

you could call a friend with that time if you’d rather
maybe one you haven’t talked to forever

you could curl up in bed with a comfort book to read.
or curl up in bed with a comfort block of cheese.

if you want to, I hope you do.