I never thought that I have been through hell
Until I got out and turned around
Broken bottles scattered around the floor
Hidden feelings
Crude humor to conceal the pain, the hate, the anger
I never knew I survived life without them
Until I turned around
I never believed I survived myself
Until I turned around
I never saw myself this ahead
Until I saw the view from the mountains I climbed
I never envisioned myself at peace
Until I closed my eyes and no tears came out
I never thought I could
Until I did
.t.b.
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Author:
tb (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: This poem is very close to my heart, written in a time that was important to celebrate my personal victories. This poem is on a canvas in my room, and I'd like to share it. So I chose it to be my first poem back after a hiatus. In the time I was gone I re-evaluated what my poetry is and what it says, then what I would want it to say instead. The era of heartbreak, stuck the past but feeling lost has ended, and now is my era of self-love and what I aspire my future to be. This poem was not exactly written in a day considering the journey I took to get to it. I had to turn around, look back, to write this. I suppose that means I am looking right ahead now, what a pleasant change.
- Category: Reflection
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Comments2
We should always look ahead in our lives, the passed has given us the experience to be where we are today.
Andy
This is an excellent piece of poetry. It displays what I have taken to heart, that poetry it's self is like a therapy. You can write yourself out of a bad place and it looks like you've done just that and in this piece you briefly look back along your path.
I'm an old man now and have seen a lot of changes, coincidentally today I post something i wrote about a low period in my early life.
What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.
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