Shared at an AA meeting

 Shared at an AA meeting

--a found poem--

We are the masters of

            self-deception for self-preservation.

I’m going to tell on myself because

            it’s okay to not be okay.

What’s a “new” person?

            If you believe I have a daily reprieve,

            I’m a new person every day.

Being dishonest

            is being brutally selfish.

Trying to be perfect all the time

            is making me just miserable.

I’m praying

            and things aren’t changing—

            but the way I see things are.

May 16, 2020

Tansy Julie Soaring Eagle Paschold