[Kintsukuroi.]

The feelings of sinking and shrinking have returned.
It was a giant slip, just one sip,
Threw away all that I had learned.
But I won’t let it defeat me.
It’s just a piece of my journey.
Give myself the time to cry.
Then lift my chin towards the sky
—
You better learn from this
or your future won’t be safe.
Tell yourself, a thousand times
The fight can be over,
This fight is over.
And I’m starting over,
Sober