Destined To Fly

• by Cabirt M. Du
• 2 years ago

I'm rather inspired to witness a "rotted, dead flower" regaining his or her smile and faith in life. Drugs are illegal here in China, and we all know the anguish caused by drug addiction and the difficulty, if it's possible, to get rid of it. Despite all the pain, guilt, hopelessness, and endless struggling, we can finally make it because we are "destined to fly."

• by Kerri L. Copeland, NH, USA
• 2 years ago

That was an amazing piece of art. Only one that has been to the inferno and back could write such words with ease. You're very talented, and I wish you all the love and the wonderful things I'm certain that you deserve. Stay strong, and thank you for your poetry. Just maybe you have already saved a few...

• by Breton McNeil
• 4 years ago

I absolutely loved and felt the passion, fear, entrapment and the sense of liberation and freedom at the conclusion. I know, as I am experiencing this as I am just again finding my wings and embracing laughter and relearning how to soar! I thank you and look forward to writing more into my journal tomorrow morning! THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME NEW SIGHT, LIGHT AND HOPE!

• by LilMamas18, United States
• 5 years ago

This is so beautiful. Thank you for being able to express these feelings so fluently. Addiction is slowing killing me, along with a boyfriend who beats me up. But this lit a flame in my soul, and I just don't think words can describe my appreciation for this beautiful poem..

• by Subhash Bansal
• 5 years ago

This is a poem full of honesty, sincerity, compassion and determination. This poem brings hope to many victims of drug addiction. Very convincingly written, the poem gives a strong message: Never give up. If one is bent upon achieving something, no one can stop him. After reading the poem, I am reminded of the prophetic words of a Hindu Monk, Swami Vivekananda Ji: "Arise, awake and stop not till the aim is achieved." Echoing the same sentiments, the poem has really touched my heart. Congratulations to the poet for pouring out the nectar of life in simple and brief words.

• by Kamalpreet Likhari
• 5 years ago

Beautifully written. You can feel the author's desperation and loneliness, as well as the exhilaration and sense of release on breaking free.

• by Birgit
• 5 years ago

This poem really touched me. I found it a very courageous piece of work. Every emotion and struggle was shared and felt by the reader. What a journey and what an amazing outcome based on strength and resilience. I loved this poem.

• by Alex Sam, Enugu, Nigeria
• 5 years ago

This piece of poem gives me hope about overcoming and teaching people how to overcome their worst addictions. Someone I know is a chain smoker. Lots of advice has been poured on his deaf ears, but he will choose death in his addiction over a free life. It will be so difficult to get him to read this piece.

• by Andreas Cramer Israelsen
• 6 years ago

I feel your pain! I've just gotten out of an addiction myself, weed. I hope you're doing fine! This poem touched me, and I can really put myself in your place. I have been drug free for 4 weeks now and still counting. I don't even wanna go back to that dark place. I found the light and will keep fighting to abstain from it.

• by Elizabeth Melendez
• 6 years ago

Beautiful poem. It touched me inside. I'm struggling with and addiction to meth, but I have 72 days clean, and I really hate the fact that I have to pass through all my emotions and memories and pain. It really hurts a lot, but I know I can make it. And now reading this poem made me realize a lot of things that I've been through and a lot of things I'm literally going through right now. Thanks for the poem. You are a genius. Thanks again.

• by Denise Severn
• 6 years ago

This is so perfectly written. Thank you. You are so gifted. My brother was a heroin addict, and this really hits home to me.

• by Patricia A Fleming, Trenton
• 6 years ago

I could have written these words myself, that's how close to home they hit. The story it told, described what my life has been for many years and the feelings expressed came from my own heart and soul as well. Beautifully written. Thank you.

• by Shabnam, India
• 6 years ago

Very nice. It touched my heart. It took me to some old memories. Very nice. Keep it up.

• by David A. Lolley
• 7 years ago

First of all, I want to thank you for trying to explain our pain, and I thought you did it with great articulation! When reading this poem I knew that you knew the pain both physically and mentally known only by true survivors of this terrible disease. The sad truth I have found though is there are a lot more of us than you could even imagine, way too many. Also, each of us knows at least one, but most many more than that, that will not get to tell their story. It either died with them or their story is entangled in one of ours. But I will not forget their pain and our loss because they were taken from our life. They never got to know hope and how beautiful she can be and the strength she has given to me, that surely was sent by GOD.

• by Lostlittlesoul, Usa
• 7 years ago

I cannot believe how in tuned I was to this piece. So amazing to hear someone else's thoughts and such a vivid picture. You are an amazing woman. Thank you for sharing it with the world.

• by Angel
• 7 years ago

This poem is amazing! I'm in tears. I understand and I don't feel alone. I've never been addicted to drugs but I have been to other things and people and things that bring me comfort.
Thank you for sharing your gift.

• by Brenda Harrison-Kray
• 8 years ago

My 24 year old son has been struggling with his addiction to Heroin for 4 years now. I tried tough love - put him in an IOP than sent him away to Nevada to live with his father. He stayed clean till he returned for the funeral of my father. The night we buried him I almost lost my son. I heard him fall to the floor in my bathroom. An RN checked and he had no pulse as I dialed 911. I started CPR on my youngest son. After a shot of Narcan he was back. 3 yrs later in January, tragedy, we lost his uncle/ father figure at 50 in his sleep. 2 months later we lost his cousin who was 24, they grew up like twins! He fell once again, living in his truck, he cries on the phone for 3 months to me until I could afford to bring him back to me. Finally he came to me and begged for help! On Monday he put himself in a no drug residential treatment for 30 + days. I can only pray that the Devil that is Heroin will free him as he prays, thanks so much for writing this it gives so much hope!

• by Cheryl Martin
• 8 years ago

This beautiful, yet horrifying poem brought me to tears because it so vividly describes the current life of my 24 year old daughter and her deep descent into her disease of addiction. She has been addicted to heroin for 3+ years, and appears nowhere near the point of surrender and recovery. As a parent, it has been devastating to watch the steady decline in her health, her spirit, her will, and her life. I am active in Al-Anon and hear many stories of recovery, but I am losing hope that recovery will be the end of my daughter's story. Ashley's story exemplifies my daughter's struggle, but ends with the promise of hope; a reminder that change is possible, even when it seems improbable. Thank you Ashley, for sharing your poem of pain, with your beautiful ending of such courage, conviction, and optimism. May God bless and keep you, always.