Love Poem: Ascent From Misery
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Written by: Susan Manley

Ascent From Misery

It’s a long slow trip into misery
It starts by putting that bad feeling aside


By narrowing your expectations
And removing all of your pride
 

And as you make you humble
You actually cripple as well
 

You reach so far to have someone else
That it actually puts you in hell
 

It’s a long slow trip into misery
From which I must return


And in order to do this
I must internalize the lessons learned
 

To believe in me
To set me free
 

To walk into the light
And possibly disappear from sight


Ascent from Misery – 2001 (C) Susan Manley (on my divorce)