Two-step

We all go as far as we can go. Sometimes we are propelled forward...despite ourselves.

A person near and dear to me

Got stuck at step two.

He was powerless

(He knew)

Somewhere there was hope

(He knew)

He never got to surrender.

Yet

He continued that two-step

Until he died.

I believe he gets it now.

I believe he was launched

The rest of the way.

Now

He gets it.

Detox

The field of recovery from substance abuse, the twelve steps of AA, offers a range of helpful metaphors, for anyone and everyone making any kind of change in his or her life.  Today I am in detox.  I am not an alcoholic, but still, change does not come easy.  First of all, it is important to let go.

Today I am in detox.

I aim for recovery

In time.

Today I am in detox.

I admit that I am powerless.

I know that God

Is just around the corner.

I reclaim power

By finding

A good metaphor.

The metaphor provides space

To reconsider

What it seems

Has always been

The case.

A good metaphor

Allows space

To turn things

Upside down

Inside out;

To stand on the moon

Perhaps,

See the earth

From a different place

Entirely.