I won’t be leaving my bed today,
My body has given me the signals,
A fever,
A runny nose,
A pounding headache.
I can’t quite tell if it’s the flu
Or burnout.
What I do know,
Is that these symptoms,
In the language of the body,
Relay a simple message:
Rest,
Recuperate,
Tend to me.

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