Ten years ago, this very day
I tried to throw my life away
The poison failed to acquiesce
And I woke up a broken mess
Inch by inch I raised my head
Step by step crawled out of bed
Piece by piece put back together
Day by day I braved the weather
A decade passed, as decades do
Some years dragged and others flew
I crave some strong epiphany
Some life-affirming ecstasy
But no such answer did appear
Life gave only what I fear
Nothing
Life must go for its own sake
Ebb and flow, give and take
Three days from now I’ll be flying
A slight improvement over dying
Lefty Forrester 