Sobriety Limericks and Poetry Part 9
waking down
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 4,641
my flesh and blood family resides
in four corners of the continent and in between
my cyber SR family in every corner of the earth
i am alone but not alone with books for guides
with words from mouths i've never heard nor seen
my head is the sole source of my sadness and my mirth
in four corners of the continent and in between
my cyber SR family in every corner of the earth
i am alone but not alone with books for guides
with words from mouths i've never heard nor seen
my head is the sole source of my sadness and my mirth
Working-cl*** pseudo tough
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Posts: 485
Sorry to hear that news Zero. Hope you're getting through it OK.
And yes Glee, I'm doing well thank-you. Still pop in every day to see how everyone is doing, but don't feel compelled to put up posts right now. Kind of like the quiet guy at the AA meeting - I'm here to offer encouragement if someone is struggling, but the undies group is doing very well right now.
Trying to get used to the concept of just "being" right now - not struggling against alcohol, or my internal drives, or my anger. Just being. And I have to say, it's going pretty well; I'm confident in saying this is the most peaceful I've been in my entire life.
And no, that's not hyperbole.
And yes Glee, I'm doing well thank-you. Still pop in every day to see how everyone is doing, but don't feel compelled to put up posts right now. Kind of like the quiet guy at the AA meeting - I'm here to offer encouragement if someone is struggling, but the undies group is doing very well right now.
Trying to get used to the concept of just "being" right now - not struggling against alcohol, or my internal drives, or my anger. Just being. And I have to say, it's going pretty well; I'm confident in saying this is the most peaceful I've been in my entire life.
And no, that's not hyperbole.
waking down
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 4,641
Right on, Sparky. I'm doing really well considering, in many ways better than anyone, especially me, could expect.
I hope everyone enjoys their Thanksgiving. I'll be surrounded by drunks, and I don't really care. It just doesn't bother me except when people get sad; then I just bow out. I'll comfort sober sad people, but when they're drunk and sad I just run. Like I used to do with my mom.
And all you folks out there in countries other than the U.S. - "Every day is Thanksgiving." (Which is not to say we need to be gluttons all time.)
Soldier on, children!
I hope everyone enjoys their Thanksgiving. I'll be surrounded by drunks, and I don't really care. It just doesn't bother me except when people get sad; then I just bow out. I'll comfort sober sad people, but when they're drunk and sad I just run. Like I used to do with my mom.
And all you folks out there in countries other than the U.S. - "Every day is Thanksgiving." (Which is not to say we need to be gluttons all time.)
Soldier on, children!
as a sober contributor
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: California
Posts: 1,312
True
Loneliness fills my heart today
Thanksgiving is just another day
To spend by myself and try to see
The path to the person I strive to be
My life was shattered almost 10 years ago
When my fiance was killed and forced to go
On to the place we can all hope to find
The vision of heaven I hold in my mind
And so as I sit here and try to stay true
To myself and my goals, I reach out to you
I hope that you will strive to be thankful for
Your sobriety, your loved ones and much more
Do something nice for someone each day
Reap the benefits that being kind can pay
Only you can fulfill the promise to yourself
To live clean and sober in sickness and health
Thanksgiving is just another day
To spend by myself and try to see
The path to the person I strive to be
My life was shattered almost 10 years ago
When my fiance was killed and forced to go
On to the place we can all hope to find
The vision of heaven I hold in my mind
And so as I sit here and try to stay true
To myself and my goals, I reach out to you
I hope that you will strive to be thankful for
Your sobriety, your loved ones and much more
Do something nice for someone each day
Reap the benefits that being kind can pay
Only you can fulfill the promise to yourself
To live clean and sober in sickness and health
waking down
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 4,641
Here in our small town
1400 will gather around
for Christmas dinner at the school
to eat and celebrate the yule
Where poverty or loneliness reside
there is no reason to confide
one cannont tell the server from the served
and no one judges if one's fate is deserved
The needy seems the volunteer
and they're serving punch, no wine or beer
and the volunteers also sit to eat
the spirit makes the meal complete
So I don't know about your town
but if you don't like feeling down
I suspect you won't have to be alone
on Christmas if you get on the phone
And find a place where you can be
with decorations and a tree
to help your neighbors and help yourself
become another Santa's elf
1400 will gather around
for Christmas dinner at the school
to eat and celebrate the yule
Where poverty or loneliness reside
there is no reason to confide
one cannont tell the server from the served
and no one judges if one's fate is deserved
The needy seems the volunteer
and they're serving punch, no wine or beer
and the volunteers also sit to eat
the spirit makes the meal complete
So I don't know about your town
but if you don't like feeling down
I suspect you won't have to be alone
on Christmas if you get on the phone
And find a place where you can be
with decorations and a tree
to help your neighbors and help yourself
become another Santa's elf
Guest
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Ashburn, VA
Posts: 30,196
That is wonderful, Zero.
A person who gives is my hero.
My middle son benefitted, too--
Stuck working at Wal-Mart, which was a zoo.
Couldn't come home for Thanksgiving--
Had to keep working, barely living.
But at my other son's church they put on
A Thanksgiving dinner for hither and yon.
My son will eat there, and grateful he'll be
Because his family he cannot see.
A person who gives is my hero.
My middle son benefitted, too--
Stuck working at Wal-Mart, which was a zoo.
Couldn't come home for Thanksgiving--
Had to keep working, barely living.
But at my other son's church they put on
A Thanksgiving dinner for hither and yon.
My son will eat there, and grateful he'll be
Because his family he cannot see.
waking down
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 4,641
1400 is 20% of the town's population
it went from helping out to a community celebration
people blow off the family meal
to come together with renewed zeal
where bankers, lawyers, doctors and police
rub shoulders with gangsters and the homeless in peace
it went from helping out to a community celebration
people blow off the family meal
to come together with renewed zeal
where bankers, lawyers, doctors and police
rub shoulders with gangsters and the homeless in peace
waking down
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 4,641
Luck may play a part
in our rises and our falls,
but sometimes we make choices,
and sometimes we build walls.
We don't all get what we deserve,
and some are born into wealth
while some for no fault of their own
are homeless or have failing health.
I've made some poor decisions,
but I've made some good ones, too.
I'm not rich but I'm not poor,
and I won't judge what others do.
in our rises and our falls,
but sometimes we make choices,
and sometimes we build walls.
We don't all get what we deserve,
and some are born into wealth
while some for no fault of their own
are homeless or have failing health.
I've made some poor decisions,
but I've made some good ones, too.
I'm not rich but I'm not poor,
and I won't judge what others do.
Sober since October
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: In the world in my eyes...Somewhere I've never been before...
Posts: 7,355
Was it illusion or obsession?
Was it caprice or boredom fixing?
But it was definitely passion.
That brought me back the sense of living.
I chose the man far from "my type"
I think I wanted it that way.
Just to break bad in crazy ride.
To tease myself with this wild play.
I didn't know I'll be hurt.
And that I'll miss him when it ends.
He is not worth it. Take my word.
But I am sober, my friends.
Was it caprice or boredom fixing?
But it was definitely passion.
That brought me back the sense of living.
I chose the man far from "my type"
I think I wanted it that way.
Just to break bad in crazy ride.
To tease myself with this wild play.
I didn't know I'll be hurt.
And that I'll miss him when it ends.
He is not worth it. Take my word.
But I am sober, my friends.
Living and Loving Life at Last
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: gods own country
Posts: 12,166
A rare few find a grand passion
That lasts longer than this seasons fashion
They burn fierce and bright
Consume you, feel right
But frequently combust and then pass on
We're in pain, it's the end of a dream
Forever is not as it seemed
Love was a token
Leaving us broken
It is why they invented ice cream
But one day we wake and it hurts less
We find we care more how we now dress
We begin to wear smiles
More than Once in a while
And can laugh at the whole sorry mess
But the on thing a grand passion says
Is we feel much in so many ways
Hurt as it will
Loves bitter pill
At least we lived fully, those days.
And later when we find a friend
With whom we will stay til the end
A companion for a life
A comfort, not strife
Who gave, made our broken heart mend,
We look back, enjoy how we felt
Remember the glow, and the melt
Smile soft at the passion
Fleeting as fashion
And be glad of the hand we've been dealt
Never regret a passionate love, it reminds us we are alive, but hold out for the one who will treasure you as you deserve MB. Xx
That lasts longer than this seasons fashion
They burn fierce and bright
Consume you, feel right
But frequently combust and then pass on
We're in pain, it's the end of a dream
Forever is not as it seemed
Love was a token
Leaving us broken
It is why they invented ice cream
But one day we wake and it hurts less
We find we care more how we now dress
We begin to wear smiles
More than Once in a while
And can laugh at the whole sorry mess
But the on thing a grand passion says
Is we feel much in so many ways
Hurt as it will
Loves bitter pill
At least we lived fully, those days.
And later when we find a friend
With whom we will stay til the end
A companion for a life
A comfort, not strife
Who gave, made our broken heart mend,
We look back, enjoy how we felt
Remember the glow, and the melt
Smile soft at the passion
Fleeting as fashion
And be glad of the hand we've been dealt
Never regret a passionate love, it reminds us we are alive, but hold out for the one who will treasure you as you deserve MB. Xx
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