Tom M.

REPEATING PATTERN (RECOVERY & GROWTH)

REPEATING PATTERN (RECOVERY & GROWTH)

Ask for help. Attend a meeting. Serenity prayer. Admit and embrace my powerlessness. Repeat again. Climb out of my comfort zone. Attend a meeting. Show up and participate. Admit and embrace my powerlessness. Release my illusion of control. Climb out of my comfort...

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NOT MY FATHER’S CHILD

NOT MY FATHER’S CHILD

He donated his sperm to my existence. He married my mother. He provided shelter and food. He was never my dad. He paid for most of my college education. He beat me and my mother. He beat his own mother. He was never my dad. He...

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ADOPTED

ADOPTED

A short poem about not belonging and wondering if I was adopted as a child. It's also about my new adopted recovery family. ADOPTED Twelve or thirteen years old: Nobody hears me. I don’t belong in my family. I wonder if I was adopted. I don’t fit...

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