I have been working with kids and adults in Substance Use disorders and Mental Health disorders now for over 20 years through out my nursing career…. cleaning out old boxes today… I came across old photos, and letters, drawings kids had done for me, poems given to me over the years… I found these two… how fitting for today’s times… I remember even back then… how insightful he was in his poetry at such a young age! It amazes me, how we can create such beautiful words, and paint such vivid images from such angst and pain; fromnthe darkest corners of my lives and minds there is new life waiting to be born!
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(The poems are written by Chris Waye as dated in the photos)
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Yes, it’s interesting how mental illness or dark times so often unleashes amazing creativity.
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Some of my clients are the most talented writers, poets, songwriters and artists in my community. Such pain and torment lay the ground to such beauty and life inside them.
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