New Poems by Mira

Some Advice for the Newly Sober
Good luck
This road is hard
You have to accept
Who you truly are
Remember to give
Yourself some grace
And set your own pace
You may go
Up down and back around
That’s ok
Recovery is not a linear path
Some will say
You’ll find what works for you
Please
Keep coming back.

I was so young back then

In that time of pain and neglect
That I don’t even remember
But that trauma stuck with me
Engrained in my brain
God, I feel so utterly drained
I was so young back then.
Before memory became an issue
Back when I could breathe fully
Shallow, hurried breaths
I was so young
Back then
Before the sadness started
To start.

It’s five year from now and everything is awesome.

Finally I have stepped in as the mother I’m meant to be
with my own little family.
I’ve been off the hard stuff for the last 5 or so years,
I’ll still have a drink every now and again
I’m off probation
And that’s a cool fact
My life is much better
If you can believe that.

The Safest Place on Planet Earth…
Is a place I hope to find
Filled with untamed beauty
The most majestic kind
Twinkling sparkles of snow
Throughout the forest blanketed in white
What a beautiful sight
The only sound to hear
Is the pattering of a deer
And the sound of the snow crunching
Under my boots
A gust of wind
Snow falls down
My back
Reminding me to be here.