August 14
Participant Observer
Underneath it all I am more than naked; I am hidden by
exposure. My body can never be as nude
as life with you in my thoughts. My mind
is a polygraph you wander through. I
have determined this is more than safe and unlock the closets. You are not my warden looking for contraband,
nor the janitor looking for trash, you are here; you are my friend having a
better look around simply to know me better and to love me well. Your unfamiliar stride is exciting, I show
off the places I long for you to see and stand aside from the rest; it is all
yours to look through. I do not
resist. You are my peaceful guardian; I
am your willing charge.
Sit with impatience and sooth it
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CAMPAIGN
Sobriety is the Santa Clause that brings
delightful gifts
Which make me smile.
Recovery is the Gene
Which comes from staying out of bottles.
The Jin makes treasure possible
But doesn’t bring it to the door.
The ads and billboards of illusion built a world
of booze
But no hope for a real life.
I have learned to turn from all the lies of
picking up
And live in the possibilities which open
Only when I put down the drink and the thinking.
I don’t need to pin up stockings
Or rub lamps, just take direction
And make willingness my campaign.
You are reading selections from More Sober on the Way to
Sane and Lines From My Life by Sherrie Theriault
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