GUIDE: HOW TO BE WHOLE AGAIN

1. take a gulp of interstellar gas
(taste the stars dancing on your tongue; feel the cosmic dust tickling your throat)

2. dip your toes into the cloud of particles hovering at your feet
(planets circle around your ankles; gravity is relative)

3. run your fingers through the inexhaustible space around you
(hold the darkness in your palms like it is a tangible thing; time is infinite)

4. let the galactic tide wash over you
(multitudes of celestial bodies fit against your body like puzzle pieces)

5. inhale;
(meteors rattle your lungs and paint luminous streaks along your ribs; new-born stars bloom from the trails of ice and dirt)

6. exhale;
(a globular cluster condenses just inches from your lips and whirls in interminable orbit; close your eyes and feel the solar flares kiss your lashes)

7. let the spiraling nebula swallow you whole
(constellations tangle in your hair and deconstruct along your cheeks; the galaxy unfolds against your skin)