New Year, New Me

The world isn’t ending yet 

but I don’t save the candles anymore, 

just in case. I wake with the sunrise, 

which is 5 am, even in winter. 

I stopped biting the skin around my fingernails 

and started eating loose almonds, kale chips. 

I’m just protecting my energy.

I’m starting a new cleanse; detoxifying; 

fixing the parts of me that have been tainted 

by the world — which isn’t ending yet. 

I still have time for that new skin care routine, 

to start walking 10 thousand steps 

each and every new day, and maybe 

this year I will finally take to heart

that advice about the best time to plant a tree. 

The world isn’t ending yet, 

but I have to start tomorrow, just in case.