Renee Napolitano
Renee Napolitano is an Energy Healer in Rochester NH; wife, mother of 2; her daughter, adopted from Ukraine, has struggled for years with adoption trauma and substance use disorder.
Poetry
Poem
The black hole of addiction
Lies…..Betrayal…Blank stares…empty eyes
Dirty hair….rotting teeth…skin and bones Psychosis…sickness ..zombie walks
Garbage bags….Backpacks
Cigarettes…. Narcan ..Track marks ..infection
Heroin.. Meth..Sickness…..disease
Hospitals..homelessness
Months become years
One day at a time..
Nearly a decade…
Watching you die…
A slow and painful death
Broken dreams
Broken promises
Broken hearts
Yet I know that change is possible..
That butterflies emerge after great struggle..
That you are one of my greatest teachers ..
And meant to be part of our lives.
Unconditional love…
Hard boundaries and self care …
Faith that there is far more to this journey
than we can see with human eyes.
Black Hole of Addiction, drawing on notebook