…we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition (Kindle Location 1430)

Fall on your knees, oh hear the angel voices…
at a parent’s knee, knee-deep in, bring to knees,
knee-jerk reaction, put over dad’s knee,
weak at the knees, take a knee, kneel…
Two masters don’t work. You can’t kneel before both,
can’t serve them equally. Can’t have one subservient
for he becomes not a master. If our lives are bound
to a person, an addict, a tyrant, a mate whose needs
come first not only for that partner but for us
we’re at his knee, knee-deep in codependency,
too weak at our knees to find a way to fall on our knees
before the power who’s Power is real, not forged in guilt,
not worthy of our devotion, our service, our knees.