"Gaining Ground"

"I was there drowning in the sea,
lost in that warlike misery.
The waves beat me further down.

You can ask me right now,
I know how to drown,
myself in alcohol very well.

Thank You God I'm here to have my story to tell,
personally because I'm apt to make,
the right details stand out,
to let everyone know what a broken heart,
is really about,
and as my head sank to the bottom and my head hit the sand,
I opened my mouth wide,
screaming in truth,
that it was me who I had lied,
to and wronged for so many moons,
that's why now I come to these very rooms,
and to these tables,
to find out what the truth has to offer,
maybe a son,
or maybe a daughter,
a real love,
sanctioned from above,
that in my addiction,
I would've only shoved,
and shun,
for I wasn't for The Light in Me,
God, or His Son.

I only thought of what I would finally do,
if I got my hands on a gun,
but now that time has come to an end,
I've felt it, breathed it, sweated out,
the numb,
and these battles fought daily,
are worth every second and are now being won,
because God and I are gaining ground,
I'm finding peace, love, and acceptance,
in everything and everyone I'm around!"