"I Took Another Look," by Nancy Bassett

I took another look,

   Because really?

I never really looked at myself,

   I just told myself that everything was just fine.

Until it wasn’t

But there I was in prison

   In a nine month drug program—

And in the back of my mind

   I figured I would always get some kind of high once in a while.

Everything was fine

   Until it wasn’t

Because that same high

   Took my husband’s life

So everything was not fine

   So I took another look…