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