I’m what has come to be known
as codependent.
I offer to help all the time,
act willing when you control me,
aim to please.
Inside, though, I’m yelling,
“So, do it yourself, Lazy!
And when you come back
could you bring me…”
But I don’t have to act
in a codependent way
any more than this compulsive overeater
has to eat compulsively.
The two issues yield
to the same Twelve Steps
and considering the issues I have
the same ones led me to both
compulsions and surrendering
to my Higher Power
leads to Recovery from both.