Be Grateful
by Aleah Dye
I am convenient when I am unhappy.
I am a checklist waiting for my tick—
they can absolve their guilt
when they give me advice
they want to hear
but if they cared enough
to know me
would know doesn’t work for me.
Drink more water!
Get more sleep!
Stop caring what other people think!
Clean hands now ready to lie
next to their clean bodies
in their perfectly made
white beds.
I have done a lot today,
they’ll say to themselves.
I helped me her.
MEET ALEAH
