WOMEN in RECOVERY – If…

 

If…

if you don’t have enough madness in you
go and rehabilitate yourself

if you’ve lost a hundred times the chess game of this life
be prepared to lose one more

if you’re the wounded string of a harp on this stage
play once more then resonate no more

if you’re that exhausted bird fighting a falcon for too long
make a comeback and be strong

you’ve carved a wooden horse
riding and calling it real
fooling yourself in life
though only a wooden horse
ride it again my friend
and gallop to the next post
you’ve never really listened
to what God has always
tried to tell you
yet you keep hoping
after your mock prayers
salvation will arrive

Rumi

 

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