Who look you in the eye and see only "junkie"

 Together in a room
from all different places
different races
different faces
sitting patient
not waiting for life to pass us by
for the embers to die
forgetting the passerbys
who look you in the eye
and see only "junkie"

take one step forward
and 12 steps up
and many more to come
one step at a time
journeying as humans
like everybody else
but extra blessed
grateful and refreshed
who know rock-bottom's depth
the edge of bottomless death
concrete institutions
the sentry guards
freedom repressed

Take back your time
Steal back your self
Be intoxicated with what's fresh
leave behind what you loved and hated
learn to surf the waves
victorious over the wolves
of this bitter world
bathe in the endless waters
of a pristine, sober soul