My Story By Sue Ellson It happened one day The big thing that changed my life It created a narrative That has run absolutely rife In hindsight I can see It wasn’t how my life was meant to be So I relive that moment frequently Quietly suffocating so slowly I think about how it ruined my chances And stopped me from future advances How it kept me playing oh so small Just expecting there to be another fall Then one day I watched a video online About a guy who had a story just like mine Of a moment in time that defined his life Like the pain of a cut from a very blunt knife My heart ached and the tears welled How on earth could I counter my years of hell I could see that I had to find a way To radically accept I was still okay Now how do I find A way to settle my mind To rewrite the story so carefully scripted To let go and free fall without that prescription? As I uncover what I’ve lost I can also see what I’ve found As I reflect on my life I start to hear a new sound The heartbeat within Of survival, of strength Of faith, of love There is no need to lament It is what happened It happened to me But life is a story Of how to be More at https://sueellson.com/blog/my-story/ #poem #poetry #sueellsonpoem #mystorypoem