The below poems were co-created during a Creative Writing Workshop facilitated by Renascent Addictions Counsellor, Shawna Hayes. The workshop’s theme was: connection.

Poem co-created by clients at Renascent Graham Munro Centre

The energy of the highs and lows, come in waves without warning
Fireworks- beautiful, spontaneous, and fascinating.

I carry your heart; I carry it in my heart
But hearts that are warm.

With the potholes we hit and even get stuck in, and need someone to push us.
Let them eat cake,
Pay it forward,
And I hope it will originate out of love.

Certain energies are sinister, some need a minister
Avicii killed himself because he couldn’t find connection.

The smell of the sea and the taste of my tears are the only proof I have of this isolation,
An insignificant spec in a large galaxy,
My authentic self,
I can’t wait to go home.

Poem co-created by Alumni

Connection is everything, it saves lives, without connection I remain as is, in self, in my mind, with my pain, sick.
She doesn’t judge, she loves,
Even in the darkest times, connection can bring us through, as we light each other’s candles.