11 Days to Go (Loving Myself)

Feelings

wrangled

caught

tossed aside

easier

to be non-feeling

to care not

than to accept…..

Abuse

wretched

damaging

turmoil wrought

turned my life to a nightmare

hiding

running

pain untold.

Addiction

ruination

addled

hidden from self

denial

rapt with lies

no matter how I try

caught in a vicious cycle

never able to end.

Recovery

light

happy

acknowledged

little girl lost

little girl found

learning to accept myself

learning to forgive myself

learning to be myself.

Belated

I know

but as the saying goes

better late then never.

Now…..

now I am loving my life

I am loving me

©Dec. 12/19

Picture is my own