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Aftermath
Posted:
Jan 27, 2010 7:24 PM
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A poem I wrote after approx 2 yrs into the journey and my own recovery in Alanon. Today my 20 year old daughter is doing well, going to her community college classes, working her program. I am so thankful. This time ( there have been relapses) I am learning to appreciate the moments with less fear and anxiety about tomorrow. REalistically hopeful, I guess.
Aftermath
Looking back, nothing, everything
When all the promise lay ahead
before the Fire burned our days
and seared our hearts with pain
We used to cry so effortlessly
and startle so easily from contentment's trance
And the things that passed for tragedy
Now make us laugh
Looking at us, nothing, everything
Ours is a defiant joy
Aliens in the ordinary world
That cannot know us for the places we have been
And survived, no longer afraid
to follow the path that leads us away
moment by moment, every day
From the regret of a half-lived life
Looking within, nothing, everything
No longer content with another's script
We compose the music of souls
Free to abandon our Gods designed to save us
from ourselves
We learn to love ,without concern for eternity
Forging ahead, a purposeful trail
For those who will follow
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