I’m not broken anymore.
No more fear,
the endless horizon is in view.
No more cracks in the façade,
I’m clear all the way, now.
There used to be days
when I couldn’t rise,
couldn’t start the day.
Holding that old pain,
weighs a man down,
like swimming in chains.
I opened up my eyes,
opened up my mind
and saw a world
I didn’t recognize.
The sky still blue
and the grass so green,
but it was me that changed.
It wasn’t the world,
only my place in it.
Familiar,
but so strange.
But I’m okay.
Yeah, I think I’m gonna be okay.
I’m not broken anymore.
I’m not straining
to keep it all together.
I’m not killing myself,
trying to make it look
like I’m not over here
losing my mind
half the time.
Honestly,
I’m better than I’ve ever been.
Dropped the false faces
and courteous nods,
for an honest handshake
and “Hello”.
I’m meeting this life,
for the first time, again
and that’s okay.
I’m not broken anymore.
I don’t need tape,
or string,
or drugs,
or booze,
or you
to hold me together.
I’m not broken anymore.
I’ve been shattered.
HG – 2019
