Rehab
Staring back at
My
Fragmented
Reflection
I gazed at the bits
And pieces
Staring back at
Me
Like a myriad of pieces
To a complex jigsaw puzzle
My life lay before me
Scattered
Discombobulated
Unappealing
Shameful
I kept pondering
Wondering
How I even got to
This place
This place where
I couldn’t even recognize
The face
That looked back at me in
The mirror
I lost sight of who I was
Became someone
Unrecognizable
Disorderly
Unappealing
My demons
Perpetually looming over me
Like a dark cloud
Ready to burst
Full of rain
Falling
Continually
Drenching
And weighing me down
Bringing me
Down
Deeper
And deeper
Into my sunken state
Into my sunken place
I hated what I saw
I hated what looked back at me
I made up my mind
To do what I should
Have done long ago
To take that
First
Giant baby step
In the right direction
I made my mind up
To cease back
Control
Authority
Dignity
I made my mind up
That I would be
Proud
Of the face that stared back
At me in the
Mirror
I made my mind up
That I would not
Lose sight
Of who I am
I made my mind up
That I would love myself
For who I am
I made my mind up
That I will never
Settle for anything
Less
I made my mind up
That I will not go back
To that place
Again
To be continued….
