Forever changed,
never to be the same,
numbed and pained,
taking it slow and sure,
mental health recovery,
a new person rising from out of the destruction,
and rising slowly,
like a phoenix out of the ashes of war,
one step at a time,
not ready to leap,
but ready to move forward no matter the pain.
Analysing,
evaluating,
cogitating,
healing at a pace that can't be rushed,
healing slowly,
healing,
but progress all the same.