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Where Are Your Words

Where are your words?
Who wants to know?
What should you be saying that you have forgotten to say?
What should you be saying to yourself? To revitalize yourself?

Self-deprecation does not work in your schemata.
Anxiety and fear are not your go-to places.
I consciously banish the feelings of the last three weeks.
Realizing they were induced by drugs, not reality.

Can I get back? Can I retain my enthusiasm? Can I get past this apathy?
My acceptance of my former self into my reality is all I need.
I read my words and recognize the positivity in them.
Remembering these are my words.
Not anything else’s, determined to
bring myself back
one 
word
at
a 
time ...

Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2019

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Rhona Mcferran Date: 10/30/2019 12:00:00 AM Now THIS is the "you" that we know and love... So glad you're bringing yourself back, "one word at a time"! An inspiration and FAV for me! ;) Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 10/30/2019 10:03:00 AM I am consciously reviving myself friend.

Lady Labyrinth Date: 10/29/2019 9:16:00 PM You can. You will. And you must. Where would Krutsinger be without her muse and stories, lost in a morose wasteland. Sometimes when things make no sense on paper, walk away for a while, then come back to it, eventually like a puzzle, they may. L x Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 10/30/2019 10:03:00 AM It is not working for me Lady Labyrinth; I had lost a huge piece of me. So I am claiming myself once again.

Freddie Robinson Jr. Date: 10/29/2019 4:02:00 PM I LOVE this poem, Caren! The ending is so brilliantly creative, and soul heartfelt expressed. An instant fave, my dear friend. Love and more love always. Romantic Warrior Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 10/29/2019 4:15:00 PM Thank you so much. I am glad that it made sense. I have been throwing things on paper lately that make no sense at all!