Until It's Done

Sometimes you need to give yourself a day off, and stay in bed until your head stops pounding and it doesn't hurt to exist.

Sometimes you need to stop, no matter how important it seems, and leave it alone, and focus on breathing until the thought of it doesn't make you feel sick any more.

Sometimes you need to look after yourself rather than every other responsibility in the world, and let go of the one thing that's just too much until everything seems more bearable.

Sometimes you need to accept your boundaries and reach out for help until someone can reach in and pull you to safety.

And sometimes you need to take a deep breath, and make coffee, and put on some music, and keep going until it's done.