People are addicted to drugs because they’re addicted to distraction.
Because it’s easier to:
-have a joint
-hit a vape
-eat a donut
Than to let those feelings ever reach the surface.
The ones we’re told not to feel.
We must feel these emotions.
If we ever want to heal them.
so instead of taking my life,
I took what was taking the life from me.
while it clawed at my face
I got a hold,
tied it down,
until it was restrained
and couldn’t look away.
I made it watch
as I built myself back up
despite the odds.
what do I require?
time and space
for myself to rest
so I can show up
and be my best
not just when I'm sick
in a physical sense
even if that's the type of illness
society will exempt