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Sallen


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Step One


 


We admitted we were powerless


I choked on those first words


My job was to fix everything


That admission was absurd


 


The harder that I struggled


The tighter my world got


It wasn’t my addiction


I had to make you stop


 


My life was utter chaos


Of course,  no fault of my own


The more I fought against it


The more I felt alone


 


When at last I had surrendered


I had no spirit left


I felt my burden lifted


No longer felt bereft


 


And then brightness touched me


A warmth within me grew


That God can’t do his job for me


If I won’t let him through


 


I opened up my swollen eyes


Like a newborn baby might


Then opened up my heart again


And welcomed in the light


 


And though I feel such sadness


A sorrow that’s profound


I can’t remove this weight from you


Those shackles have you bound


 


So I handed you back over


To what was meant to be


Sorting and rebuilding


Reclaiming what was me


 


And through this revelation 


Your journey to get through


I’ll move ahead and shine the light


And lead the way for you


 


I hope this touches someone, when I am feeling low and that's where I am right now, I write.  It helps me process.  I hope my sharing means something to someone else. I am feeling so sorry for myself today that I can't think.  And I need to pull myself out of this and recapture me.



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david62


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Hi Sallen!


Thank you for sharing the poem.  I really enjoyed it and related to it.


I too find that writing things out  helps me to sort things out when my mind gets chaotic, and helps me to let go of the "junky" thoughts that get stuck in my head.


Thanks again!  Have a great day!


David



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wallsal55


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  Absolutely Beautiful!   I am so glad you shared this with us!   Hmmm...letting go to sort and rebuild and reclaim me.  WOW!

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