Jennifer Petty

Once you experience pain
Intense, extreme
Life altering loss
The pain of grief
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In our lives
We are
Always
Fighting
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My goal
is to be true to myself.

More specifically it’s
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I do not like
This cold
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I realize now
that this is not
going to be easy
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I feel it now
- the pull of familiarity –
my feet pulling
me down
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I’ve noticed that now
- after 2 years
It’s not so intense
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Losing a friend
To dope
Is like watching
A tar hole
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Now that I know grief
Nothing will ever
Be the same.
This I know
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For a while
All I wanted to do
Was lose myself.
I just wanted some way
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I am tired of
Feeling restless
Of not feeling comfortable
In my own skin
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I hate that you drank
That my memories are
Filled with
Stumbling and alcohol breath
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When I think back
On the last 10 years
I realize that the majority
Of that time
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I suppose I am blessed
- Forget that
I am blessed
With –
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Would it really
be so bad?
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