Growth From Within

Tearing it out, bringing to the forefront the new

Putting together the pieces is comfortable to very few

Making it fresh, a metaphor for my life

Nobody said it was easy, but recovery is all about insight

I build the wall, make it tall

Strip the paint and add the tile

Memories rush through my head, things could have gone differently

I could have ended up dead

I feel better, I really do

It is just that learning everything again can take its toll on you

Fixing things that I dismantled on my own

Making my resolve as strong as the stone

That I use like this life has used me

Take the road less traveled; they say

Yet they are forever puzzled when I have strayed

Come around to a truth that I have defined on my own

As hard as the journey is, this chance will not be blown

-Jeff Mitchell 2010