When I have the willingness to admit I don’t have the willingness, that’s when my program works. ~ Jim H

There’s praying for willingness,
for willingness to be willing,
for willingness to be willing to be willing…
but one step more is not having willingness
to admit the lack of willingness.
Independence, a strength, a goal
to be grasped, instilled in a child
from the potty training to learners permit…
Dependence, weakness to be shunned,
impotence to be snubbed,
childishness to be grown from.
Yet dependence and willingness,
fealty and obedience —
odious as they may feel —
are the only path with merit
when I give up and crave
the magic of recovery.