It’s been a wild ride.
1/12/2019
My wonderful horrible life
Has been blessed and cursed
All at once
The life less ordinary
Has shown me every kindness
And every possible hardship
Sometimes I wished it would end
And sometimes I wished it would never end
As wild and painful as it’s been
I wouldn’t trade it for the world
I wouldn’t want to be
Anyone else
I confess no regrets as I progress
Because everything has led
To this very moment
Where things are getting better
Each and every day
And I don’t know how high
This soul of mine will soar
In the days, weeks, months and years ahead
Or if I’ll crash and burn
But be thankful for
The wisdom it brings
The hard times
The time of ashes
The rabid dogs from hell
Are over and done with
And I am blessed with a second chance
To make something special
Of this fragile and fleeting time on earth
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It’s been remarkable the amount and the intensity of the highs and lows I’ve experienced in life. I’ve gone from Paris to prison from punk rock to purgatory and from the psych ward to perfect mental health.
I could have easily died before or during my jail time so I consider myself extremely lucky to have a second chance at life, many never see the end of the hard times.
It’s been a wild ride.
“wonderful horrible life” superbly sums up the powerfully evoked content of the musings in this excellent autobiographical poem
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This is so beautiful, Christo! I think we all experience highs and lows, but the extremes in your life are pretty dramatic!
Take care! Cheryl
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