Ode To Overcoming Myself

It's been quite some time since I've uttered words,

Let them fill up pages and inspire emotion in the heart of people I'll never know

But my mind in these two years has been a constant hurricane;

A never ending cyclone of pain and sadness; joy and pride

I've loved and lost and loved again, 

And I've felt broken more times than one can count

I've stared death and suffering in the face,

And though sometimes I won that battle, I sometimes lost as well

I'm not going to go into that whole "I hate my life" speech.

Because i know it gets tiring very quickly

Rather, I'd like to say that I'm glad I'm alive. I'm glad I'm a survivor.

Because two years ago, had you asked if I'd be alive today...

I'd tell you no.

And so, at this- my moment of reckoning, my return to the real world, my ascension... 

I remain loyal to that old piece of wisdom which I hold dear to my heart...

"You cannot change the wind, but you can set your sails."