RoadtoRecovery

Thank you both.

It is always a little hard to put your writings out there for people to read and judge.

Itʼs been some time since I moved out

I still hear the echoes of when weʼd shout

I guess I never though it would end this way

I still think back to our hopes and dreams

Nothing is as what it seems

I guess thereʼs really nothing more to say

Its been some time but as hard as I try

I still cry

I long for the times when weʼd embrace

Just once more to touch your face

I never wanted to really say goodbye

Where are my childrenʼs laughter and voices?

How could I have made such poor choices?

Now Iʼm left to constantly wonder why.

The hurt goes on and as hard as I try

I still cry

But the strength in me knows itʼs time

To say goodbye and begin the climb

To another and yet different life ahead

Godʼs love will carry me on

Heʼll show me the way from hereon

Itʼs through His guidance that I am led.

A smile breaks though the tears from my eyes

I still cry

RJE

The walk seems longer today

Each step I take is one farther away… from you

Strange how things happened this way

On my journey to the view

Sunset brighter

Water calm, cliffs seem higher

The ocean seems reborn and anew

I know now that God is with me

Gave shelter from the storm that hit me

Led me here to this amazing view

The salt air fills my lungs

Provides the ladder and the rungs

To climb higher away from you

It’s the future that drives me forward now

Slowly learning that someway how

My life will come to match the view

And as I leave this place I know

The history we shared the loved that flowed

Will be cherished in my heart and always stand true

I can now look back with a smile

Knowing that loving you was all worthwhile

It’s in my heart that I hold the sacred view

RJE