bon fire

don't refrigerate
your sorrow or
wrap it tight
and tape it for
the freezer, or
store away your
pain and sadness
in the attic,
to collect dust
and cobwebs,
don't save a drop
of those tears
in a bottle like
rain water for
a dry day. don't
tuck away that
bad memory between
the a pages of
a book, pressed
like fallen
leaves. instead
immerse yourself
in all of it,
bathe in the darkness
that you breathe,
then have a bonfire,
and let it all
burn and burn
and burn, and be
done for all
the world to see.