September 20, 2022 6:17 AM EDT
I wrote this poem while I was in treatment
I am a man sad and broken
Much to say yet more left unspoken
Through the years my heart has been shattered
From my own demise my heart's broken and scattered
Growing up kids would poke and tease
Stop I would beg sometimes from my knees
As a child I cheated death
Since then I've chased my last breath
Years later as a teenager
Slowly my heart began to fill with anger
So I began to drink as if from a well
Which would later become my hell
I've loved a few women whom I'd still give my own life
As fate would have it none became my wife
During those times I had many late drunken nights
Leading to failed relationships sadly ending in fights
I lived my life like I wanted to die
So many nights I would hang my head and cry
My pride knowing I was not well
Kept me imprisoned in a cell
My heart full of regret, tears and pain
From drink to needle I now seek a vein
My family through shedding tears still believe
I can change from who I used to be
The hell I created shall cease to consume me
For God has broke those chains and set me free
By Joshua Saunders 3-11-19 WE DO RECOVER ODAAT
