When does that one toxic thing stop
being the default?
When is the ritual sacrifice of sanity
no longer beautiful?
When does amnesia set in
and jagged scar dreams fade?
When does a stranger’s face
stop looking like a sulky trap?
It's very hard to be patient when people say to "give time time," in recovery. I'm not a terribly patient person, and I usually want my vices to fade away much more quickly than they actually do.