Waking, fists clenching sheets

Jaw tight and weary of keeping it in

Mouth on fire, teeth rattle in my head

15 months of constant strife

This is now only a shell of a life.

The goal now met, now what?

Do I return to the status quo?

Shift my position?

Or move to something new?

A clicking jaw, feeling broken,

Ready to be whole once more.