Recovery

It's a knife in the chest,
a bullet through the brain.
It's a broken record playing,
a child running in the rain.

It's the pain you feel before you sleep,
it's the silence that holds you while you weep.
It's the memory of holding a blade to your wrist,
It's the fairytale ending with psychotic twists.

It's a white room, a single bed,
bandaged arms, bandaged head
It's the journal you never could fill
Tears that always threaten to spill

It's acceptance in a teddy bear's hug
It's a beautiful release, a beautiful drug
It's knowing that it's over, knowing that you're safe
Knowing that everything will fall into place.

It's recovery, and it's hard
It's recovery, and it hurts
It's recovery, and it's scary
It's recovery, and it's beautiful.

Comments

Preview

this is relly good,
and very well written - good job youve captured the moments in this relly well

Anotherday 2 months ago

Good poem, It's pretty short and to the point, I liked it a lot :)

cher; 3 months ago

I love the flow in this. It's pretty dark but you know for a lot of people that's relateable and I can relate I've been there :] Lovely job.

Lmnop 3 months ago

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Reviews

[Soul Fire]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
iT'S AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my goodness! I am spellbound! I love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great job! Sorry for all the !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! aha Great work!! love it!

[Bianka Tanori]

I am currently recovering from codependency and the recovery although, long and painful has been one of the best journey's I've been through. I am now alone with my kids and I have to keep pushing for them. Good Job with this!!!

[Catherine L]

Breath taking - It's beautiful.

[Heather]

WOW, all I can say is WOW. I am awe struck, this poem is amazing in how you described recovery...yes it is beautiful.

[Crazy Cat Man]

i love the last 4 lines. recovery can be beautiful if we let it be :)

It's recovery, and it's hard
It's recovery, and it hurts
It's recovery, and it's scary
It's recovery, and it's beautiful.

[Westminster Abbey]

This poem is definately beautiful

[Arte Por Vida]

I simply love this. It is so beautiful.. The rhythm is amazing, too. Great work. :)

[The Analog Kid]

I like the twist with recovery as the drug. Would be great as spoken word.

[Steven Cash]

Yeah, this is amazing. AMAAAAZINGGGG!

Sad too, but still AMAAAAAZZZINNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!

lol sorry for all that