December 31st, the time for resolutions.
At least until January 10 or before
when most of them have fallen by the wayside.
The problem is not the intentions,
the resolve. The problem for me
is reliance on willpower, which for the big one,
the problem that wrecked my life,
was not mine to have. I am powerless over food,
my whole life unmanageable because of it.
And willpower helps not one iota.
But there is help dished out in twelve steps,
and with those steps I have no need for willpower
for I’m not in charge. I have another power,
greater than I, who can when my willpower
fizzles out.