Hey all, Ernesto here. Recovery Arts presents its second official recovery poetry submission. It comes from Mykal in New York, who has just a few months in recovery.
We thank you for your contribution Mykal.

Mykal wrote “Sorry if the poem is a little dark. I wrote it when I was really struggling with my addiction. Anyway, I’m sending it because maybe someone out there will be able to connect with it and understand there not alone.” Please find the poem “Icarus Trajectory” below.

Icarus Trajectory –

I’m never really here
or there.
An anchor dragging
across the sea floor,
for a place to stay.

I’m more like a shadow
at night,
a shadow of a shadow.
A shadow burned
into a Hiroshima wall.

I’m constant,
moving even in my sleep.
Seasick in my dreams.
A banged up anvil
with tarp, covering
it.

I search
like a predator,
or a bird for seed.
Like a vulture.

I find a well
dried up.
An oasis, no, just a mirage.
A fountain
running endlessly.

I want to stop.
To cease.
Turn a humming bird’s wings
to stone.
But continue,
flapping my granite
feathers,
sinking from the weight
of my marble bones.

We don’t only welcome recovering addicts, but anyone who may be dealing with any kind of recovery and is looking for an outlet, be it: someone recovering from a surgery that is bedridden and writing poetry; some who is recovering from a gambling addiction and records jazz; anyone who may be a rapper or an essayist and wants to express a provocative thought; or, perhaps, someone recovering from an eating disorder or sex addiction that paints to help with the recovery process.

Any and all submission having to do with recovery art are welcomed, such as: poetry (any words in general like essays, short stories, testimonials, etc); music (any digital format that can be sent to us, country, rap, rock, classical, reggae, etc); visual arts (any sculptures, paintings, digital media, drawings, etc.).  We ask that the piece of art be sent to us in a digital format (word doc, jpg, mp3, etc) that way we can post it more easily.  Please contact us and send your submissions to ernestosthompson@gmail.com.

* Also, please keep in mind that the artists and authors’ identities will be kept anonymous for the sake of maintaining the basic premise within AA and NA of anonymity, unless otherwise noted in the sent email.

Hey all, Ernesto here. Recovery Arts presents its second official recovery poetry submission. It comes from Mykal in New York, who has just a few months in recovery.
We thank you for your contribution Mykal.

Mykal wrote “Sorry if the poem is a little dark. I wrote it when I was really struggling with my addiction. Anyway, I’m sending it because maybe someone out there will be able to connect with it and understand there not alone.” Please find the poem “Icarus Trajectory” below.

Icarus Trajectory –

I’m never really here
or there.
An anchor dragging
across the sea floor,
for a place to stay.

I’m more like a shadow
at night,
a shadow of a shadow.
A shadow burned
into a Hiroshima wall.

I’m constant,
moving even in my sleep.
Seasick in my dreams.
A banged up anvil
with tarp, covering
it.

I search
like a predator,
or a bird for seed.
Like a vulture.

I find a well
dried up.
An oasis, no, just a mirage.
A fountain
running endlessly.

I want to stop.
To cease.
Turn a humming bird’s wings
to stone.
But continue,
flapping my granite
feathers,
sinking from the weight
of my marble bones.

We don’t only welcome recovering addicts, but anyone who may be dealing with any kind of recovery and is looking for an outlet, be it: someone recovering from a surgery that is bedridden and writing poetry; some who is recovering from a gambling addiction and records jazz; anyone who may be a rapper or an essayist and wants to express a provocative thought; or, perhaps, someone recovering from an eating disorder or sex addiction that paints to help with the recovery process.

Any and all submission having to do with recovery art are welcomed, such as: poetry (any words in general like essays, short stories, testimonials, etc); music (any digital format that can be sent to us, country, rap, rock, classical, reggae, etc); visual arts (any sculptures, paintings, digital media, drawings, etc.).  We ask that the piece of art be sent to us in a digital format (word doc, jpg, mp3, etc) that way we can post it more easily.  Please contact us and send your submissions to ernestosthompson@gmail.com.

* Also, please keep in mind that the artists and authors’ identities will be kept anonymous for the sake of maintaining the basic premise within AA and NA of anonymity, unless otherwise noted in the sent email.