Know who I am so I will matter.
Remember me, quote me, talk of me
so people will know I’m important.
If I don’t stand out I know I’ll vanish,
slip away, evaporate, cease to exist.
I want to tell you of my successes
as well as the miserable failures,
because either way I become real.
How can you expect me to remain silent,
to stand in the background,
to not even tell how wonderful I’ve found
this organization to be? Let me stand up and speak,
let me tell my story. Surely the world will be better
if you can see me and how I have become different
because this program exists.

No. Ignore me. Let me contribute when needed
but not be seen, not be noticed, not be identified.
It’s the program that matters. Not me.
If I remain anonymous and people find recovery
is that not really the fame, the achievement,
that means most
to me?