This selection is from my newest collection of poetry, Black Chaos. Click Here to Purchase. Visit the Black Chaos Page to learn more about the collection and see select reviews for the book as well as other purchase links to several platforms including Nook and iBooks. There will be a new poem from the collection every Saturday and Sunday in April in celebration of the book’s release and National Poetry Month. Tell me what you think in the comments below.
Having Tea with My Demons
The world inside myself
Is less terrifying
Six months since my fall from grace
My identity shattered
I built myself anew
Phoenix from the ashes
I always fear a relapse
Falling into old habits
I try not to forget
The things that brought me here
I spend more time inside my head
Where I live with my demons not
In fear of what they will do
James Pack 