New Day, New Unknowns

By Brooke Author

Man Carries A Stack Of Big Rocks While Balancing On A Rope At High Altitude Stock Photo ...

 The blog of the unknown,

updated for the spectacle

Clean living, living clean

sounds great until you replace clean 

with sober

and then, sucking air through teeth

squinting eyes

painful pity

Sobriety

Dealing with life without lifelong coping mechanisms

Ever thought you 

Needed

a drink

Yeah,

Me too

Ever thought

weed is the best thing ever

Yeah,

Me fucking too


It's a crutch, it clouds the mind

doesn't let us deal

Dealing sucks

It's not like a stack of cards that can be evenly distributed

As if

balance and happiness

were human rights

and not privileges 


The privilege of sobriety

the clarity and pain

It's clear I'm in pain

Holding on

Learning how to let go for real

Not just shrugging, but internalizing


The proverb of the dude, carrying each rock that was hurled at him on his back. For me, it's in my chest.

My lungs are filled with the rocks of the struggles, abuses, assaults.

Breathing is getting easier...




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