Four Days

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Four days

In that bed

Four days

Of questions

Of tests

Phone calls never came

Not a single person came

I laid there alone

Day in and day out

The nurses kept me company

They told me I was beautiful

And strong

And better than this

I wanted to believe them

But how could I?

I felt useless

But something was different now

Some part of me felt closed off

Like I had finally moved out of a fog

And after those four days

I figured it out

I hadn't thought of you

For four days

Ha! I had beaten you

The monster had died

In a sea of pills

And booze

I had slain the thing

That controlled my mind

It only took

Four days

After that three days

I hat they called

Behavioral rehab

Breakfast

Group

Snack

Group

Lunch

Gym

Snack

Naps

Dinner

Group

Snack

Bed

Three days

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