July 5
UTILITY OF EMOTION
I plug into the utility of my emotions. These utilities aid my life as all utilities
do. The duel prong of anger serves to
light me up and gives me strength to set good boundaries. The four-line clip cord of pain allows me to
keep in touch with my Higher Power, my friends, and my fellows. I have nothing to share if I can’t stay real
about my pain. Fear is hard to contain
and is carefully piped. Explosions of
fear can start so easily it’s a good thing its foul odor can be smelled in the
air. The coaxial cable of joy screws
neatly into the back of my mind and gives me endless delight, color and sound;
these are the privileges of sobriety.
Emotions are plainly utilitarian but they help me survive and make
living into a life.
Touch all the
letters in your name.
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The Biggest Chicken
I love to be mystical,
but the only dragon in my life
is when I let things drag on and on.
Procrastination is the winged beast in my world
and when she is slain the sun comes out
and I can count my blessings and plan for my possibilities.
The deep ditch left by depression
is where the lizard lays; siphoning my time
and sucking clean the bones of my wasted talents.
I have lunged and poked, stabbed her with my steel
and blown holes in her with my revolver,
but not until I sever the tendon with which she holds me
in her grasp do I have any real chance to be rid of her
claws.
Once free of her I must be forever vigilant
lest her smothering song lure me back to that evil nest
where I feel as helpless as her egg.
You are reading selections from Sober on the Way to Sane
and More Lines From My Life by Sherrie Theriault
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