It’s a long slow trip into misery It starts by putting that bad feeling aside By narrowing your expectations And removing all of your pride And as you make you humble You actually cripple as well You reach so far to have someone else That it actually puts you in hell It’s a long slow trip into misery From which I must return And in order to do this I must internalize the lessons learned To believe in me To set me free To walk into the light And possibly disappear from sight Ascent from Misery – 2001 (C) Susan Manley (on my divorce)