Day 69 – Fuck Off & Amen (poem)
I told the cravings, “Fuck off.”I told God, “Amen.”Sometimes that’s the whole program.
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Spoken-word, spiritual, recovery-based poetry
Day 65 – Empty Hands (poem)
I don’t bring You victory.I don’t bring You polish.I bring empty handsand a heart still pulsing.You call it enough.
Day 61 – Ashes to Fire (poem)
Addict brain said I was burned out.Dead wood.Ash heap.God said, “Strike the match.”Now I’m glowing again.
Day 59 – Highway to Hell (poem)
I know the on-ramp.I’ve taken it before.Food in the passenger seat,shame in the trunk.But today I passed it.Flipped it the bird,kept driving.
Day 56 – Fuck Off, Addiction (poem)
Whisper softer,scream louder,I don’t care.Fuck off, addiction—you’ve had enough rent-free timein my skull.
Day 50 – Marker Stone (poem/prayer)
Fifty days.Not fifty perfect days.More like fifty rounds in the dirt.I lay this marker here,to say I made it this far.Now, God—help me make it farther.
Day 48 – The Exchange (poem)
I hand You my chaos,You hand me a breath.I give You my shame,You give me a little hope.We keep trading like this,and somehow I’m still in the fight.
Day 45 – Gravel Road (poem)
This road eats at me.Chews my feet to blisters.But the road I left behind would’ve buried me.So I keep walking,even if I limp the whole way.
Day 43 – What’s Left (poem)
Take the polish,take the pretend,take the fake “I’m fine.”Leave me raw,leave me scraped down to bone.What’s left?Just enough to fight another day.
Day 40 – Wilderness-Born
Reflection: The number 40 in Scripture ain’t cute.It’s never clean. Never easy.It’s floodwaters swallowing the earth (Genesis 7:12).It’s Moses on the mountain with no food but fire (Exodus 24:18).It’s Israel walking in circles, blistered and bitter (Numbers 14:33-34).It’s Jesus starving in the desert with Satan whispering (Matthew 4:2). Forty means fire.Forty means famine.Forty means fight. … Read more