Life's Lessons

Life
has taught
me
  that
        i

am not
        above
hurt,
     pain,
regret,
    addiction

needing,
    wanting,
ignoring,
    feeling

losing,
    longing,
desiring,
    burning

raging,
    aching,
fuelling,
    hurting

faulting,
  drowning,
crying,
  and even
         surviving.

    Life
has
    taught
me
that
        i

am
      nothing

and in being
nothing

I am
everything

(grotesque
   and
 glorious)

all at
once.