Face the Pain

Bottles been empty

For quite a while now 

And the life I knew

Is just a vapor


All the changes

I’d never make

Came crashing down

As I sat amidst the quake

Of sanity and piety

While all I wanted

Was to ease

The pain…


It was always about the pain.


Sometimes hard to remember 

Last time I found liquor

And I thank the God 

I didn’t understand

For finding solace

Within my skin

As the pain

Came rushing back again


But this time 

there was no plan

Other than to take a step

Find the strength to stand

And face the pain

That still remained


Walked a few steps

Then a few more

Could hardly see the light

Couldn’t make it to the door

But instead of hiding

Inside the walls of my cave

Somewhere, there came

The call to be brave


The pain

Didn’t have control 


Anymore.


And this world…


Started to open

Like a book I’d seen

But never thought

I’d ever read

With stories of redemption found

The openness to be myself


For the first time.

Without all the lies.


Finding solace

Inside


And I remain.


No longer hostage

To the pain.


I remain.



11/17/25

clc



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