If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

I’m powerless.
A necessary admission,
an acknowledgement
of my inherent power.
I am powerless.
My life has proved it,
my lists of things to do
shredded by time and innuendo.
I am powerless. But we don’t stop
with the admission.
We step ahead, to begin to believe
a greater power can restore sanity,
can make me as real as the velveteen rabbit.
We make a decision to claim the power,
to accept that, powerless still,
we can access real power
if we only believe.