Lights out, out of sight
Can hardly breathe, lungs feel tight
Been here for too long, in need of a miracle
Starting to feel like I’m in a circle
Flashback, back here again
What it takes to kill the pain?
It gets harder with every try
But I get stronger after every cry
Some pieces didnt fit, like promises to a kid
Thanks for the fall, now I’m standing tall
Taking baby steps since I walked out the door
Cause what’s left of me is all I could ever ask for
As I unleash what was hidden within,
Let the road to recovery begin

-V

The time will come
when, with elation
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror
and each will smile at the other’s welcome,

and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you

all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,

the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.

Standing at a crossroad with a heavy head and a heavier heart
How do you think when you’re slowly falling apart?

Mind on green, heart on amber, feet on red.
Time to make a move, it’s getting late.

Looked back but all’s there is an empty road
Listen to your heart and you will find the ones that matter sharing your load.

Take a deep breath, take as much as you need
No one’s owning up so just take the lead.

Took your first step and doubt greets you like a kid facing his fears
Unwilling to go back, you continued walking and wiped your tears

As the road narrows into a tightrope
Uncertainty becomes your light and you named it Hope

Scorched by the sun, torn by rain
Such a thin line between gaining wisdom and turning insane

Your skin starts to shed and the old you is dead
What else is there left when everything has been said?

- V