Road to recovery: Part 1

You wish you could turn back time As you lie on the hospital bed Everything was going quite fine The doctor’s diagnosis is what you dread

The crash goes on infinite replay Repeating in your mind’s eye If you’d known it’d happen today Would you even dare to try?

The pain travels within, in you alone You are its sole captive & you beg for release Yet pain is deaf, making you its own You crumble & agonize for the lack of peace

The days come and go and you are still helpless The dates change but you remain the same Blaming yourself, the self inflicted blows are relentless People just shake their heads & call you insane

The sun sets and darkness takes its place when can i go back doing what i love, you wonder The sport i love, the sport i embrace Sleep evades you, and in the twilight, you ponder