Amy Manson's Road to Recovery

I wrote this originally as a story in '08 but turned it into a poem shortly after. After doing so, I decided I preferred the Poem over the story itself so I scrapped the story and...see below for more

Author's Note:

I wrote this originally as a story in '08 but turned it into a poem shortly after. After doing so, I decided I preferred the Poem over the story itself so I scrapped the story and kept the poem. everything in here is FICTION. none of this ever happened. None of the People are real, none of the drama, nothing. It was just a story I made out of Boredom one day that I turned into a poem instead. M'kay? M'kay. Let's get on with the poem, shall we?

Amy Manson’s Road to Recovery

This is Amy Manson
She is a great girl…
She keeps to herself most of the time
Talks to her own little circle of friends,
But otherwise
Just likes to keep totally to herself.
  Amy is a Pagan.
She studies the art of the craft
But does not fully practice it.
And had a boyfriend,
Who practices it still.
  Amy had a boyfriend
Named Kayleb Fang.
He broke off their engagement
Because he had to leave her
To go with his mentor, And longtime friend,
To “better himself”.
  Amy was very upset
The day he broke off their engagement
And now she has reverted back to the only thing
She knows how to do,
To release her own,
Sorrowful pain…
She Cuts.
  Amy is a cutter.
She cuts her arms,
Her legs,
Her thighs,
Her stomach,
Even sometimes her chest…
  But lately Amy has been worried…
Worried that she might be pregnant
With Kayleb’s child.
For he is the only one
She has ever been with…
  Amy confesses
To her little sister Phoenix,
Who now seems to be her only friend…
About her pain, her worries
  She confides in Phoenix,
The secret,
That could soon become
A very big problem
If she is right about her suspicions…
  So Phoenix goes to her church for help
And the church gladly helps Phoenix and Amy
For they feel for her, and don’t wish a problem like this
Upon a young girl such as our young Amy.
  After sitting in the bathroom
Waiting as the minutes ticked by,
Slow,
So agonizingly slow,
They finally get the results
Of Amy’s Pregnancy test.
And Amy finds out
That her sinking, problematic suspicion
Is now true, and very, very real.
She is indeed pregnant…
  Later that night she calls Kayleb
And tells him the news and her new situation.
She knew he deserved to know,
Its why she called.
And she hoped he would be okay with this new development
For they had both wanted children together,
At one time or another.
But she was sadly mistaken, very, very mistaken.
  Kayleb yells and screams through the phone
And put poor Amy in tears
Then, after telling her
“I hope you have fun raising the little hellion on your own,”
He hangs up on poor Amy.
  So Amy does the one thing
She knows how to do best,
In situations like this…
  She cuts.
  Now its many months later
Amy has given birth
To her children,
A handsome little boy
And beautiful baby girl…
She has decided to name them
Alexander William and Melody Rose
After Kayleb’s Father and FoeNyx,
Who passed away before her niece and nephew were born…
  And the best thing
That came out of their birth
Was the fact
That Kayleb was right there beside her in the end,
The whole way through
Urging her and helping her
All the while,
Telling his mentor
That he couldn’t leave her after all
Because he loved her
And now they had a big responsibility…

  And now
As our story comes to a close
We want to tell you
That Kayleb and Amy married, happily,
Shortly after their children’s births.
And Amy no longer cuts herself
For she made a promise to Kayleb,
On their wedding day,
That she would never cut again.
She has not only stopped for her new husband,
But for little Alexander and baby Melody as well,
For she does not wish to scare them in the future,
When they grow older and grow more curious,
About their parents,
She does not want to scare them with her scars,
Like she once did herself  long ago…

  So that is the story of Miss Amy Manson
Of her long road to recovery
I hope you have enjoyed
This little
Poetic story.
Amy, Kayleb,
And their children, Alexander and Melody,
All wish to thank you,
Very much
For reading her story
And hope you feel happy for her now,
With her new happiness
And they wish for everyone,
That maybe someday
You will have
A road to Recovery Story
That you might wish to write
And share with the world,
Like Amy did.
But for now,
We would all would like to say
Just one final thing…

  “Good Day
      And
  Blessed Be.”

-Kayla Gentry
July 6th , 1992- Present
Date: November 4th , 2008