RELEVANT TO RECOVERY
What’s relevant to recovery
Is relevant to me.
This obvious discovery
Is just how it should be.
Let’s think and use some logic
To analyse this theme.
Let us be more specific
And tell of what we mean.
To recover implies returning.
And getting something back.
It’s health for which we’re yearning
Or getting back on track.
Returning to ’my’ normal state
Is not what I would seek.
For ‘normal’ was an awful fate.
Ominous, cursed and bleak.
I wish to stay away from that
Which made me what I am.
Bullies, bastards, cads and rats
Are those from whom I ran.
I don’t need all that gamesmanship
Abuse from head to toe.
Nor poisonous relationship.
They do not help me grow.
I need a safe and peaceful place
A space where I can be.
Loved and liked with warm embrace.
And friendly company.
It would be good alongside this
To have someone to trust
When life’s not right and goes amiss
Support is then a ‘must’.
A ‘good’ professional near at hand
Is worth their weight in gold.
As long as they can understand
And listen to what they’re told.
Experience, knowledge and some skill
To help, not hinder me.
I do not want to get more ill.
Because ‘they’ cannot see.
I’m not a ‘subject’ to report.
On what is bad and wrong.
I want ‘appropriate’ support.
To help ‘me’ move along.
When chaos and emotion reign.
I need a safe abode.
I need to know I can stay sane.
When in a crisis mode.
What is my life - I ponder death.
When living seems futile.
I try & try with every breath.
To make it seem worthwhile.
To recover is to live.
And try hard not to die.
It combines the take and give.
It gives reason back to why.
I need to stop and think and plan.
To find what works for me.
I need to work on who I am.
And who I want to be.
I want to change and I will work.
To achieve my goal.
I do not wish to go berserk.
I need some self- control.
Can you help me in this task?
This is my brief request.
It does not seem like much to ask.
It could be your best bequest.
With your power, skills and wealth.
And your' prized profession.
You could help my mental health
And help avoid regression.
I want to stay self-organised.
I want complete control.
I want my life more harmonised
In heart and mind and soul.
B. Withers 2007
What’s relevant to recovery
Is relevant to me.
This obvious discovery
Is just how it should be.
Let’s think and use some logic
To analyse this theme.
Let us be more specific
And tell of what we mean.
To recover implies returning.
And getting something back.
It’s health for which we’re yearning
Or getting back on track.
Returning to ’my’ normal state
Is not what I would seek.
For ‘normal’ was an awful fate.
Ominous, cursed and bleak.
I wish to stay away from that
Which made me what I am.
Bullies, bastards, cads and rats
Are those from whom I ran.
I don’t need all that gamesmanship
Abuse from head to toe.
Nor poisonous relationship.
They do not help me grow.
I need a safe and peaceful place
A space where I can be.
Loved and liked with warm embrace.
And friendly company.
It would be good alongside this
To have someone to trust
When life’s not right and goes amiss
Support is then a ‘must’.
A ‘good’ professional near at hand
Is worth their weight in gold.
As long as they can understand
And listen to what they’re told.
Experience, knowledge and some skill
To help, not hinder me.
I do not want to get more ill.
Because ‘they’ cannot see.
I’m not a ‘subject’ to report.
On what is bad and wrong.
I want ‘appropriate’ support.
To help ‘me’ move along.
When chaos and emotion reign.
I need a safe abode.
I need to know I can stay sane.
When in a crisis mode.
What is my life - I ponder death.
When living seems futile.
I try & try with every breath.
To make it seem worthwhile.
To recover is to live.
And try hard not to die.
It combines the take and give.
It gives reason back to why.
I need to stop and think and plan.
To find what works for me.
I need to work on who I am.
And who I want to be.
I want to change and I will work.
To achieve my goal.
I do not wish to go berserk.
I need some self- control.
Can you help me in this task?
This is my brief request.
It does not seem like much to ask.
It could be your best bequest.
With your power, skills and wealth.
And your' prized profession.
You could help my mental health
And help avoid regression.
I want to stay self-organised.
I want complete control.
I want my life more harmonised
In heart and mind and soul.
B. Withers 2007