TRUST THE PROCESS

this is a poem about recovery
a poem as metaphor for my journey towards synchronicity with my higher power

none of us created the scaffolding of the 12-step universe
no one created it because we co-created as a decentralized collective building on the insights of those who came before

and we continually create it in each meeting and in each moment
actualizing a transcendent solidarity to which our whole human tribe can aspire

i have learned to trust the process
and to trust and take direction from my sponsor

i have come into a nascent understanding of the power of surrender
teaching me to be like water navigating the path of least resistance amidst the commanding contortions of the physical landscape

trust the process
it has got me this far so lets see what miracles come next

the artist whose work is pictured before the poem is unknown to me…

–BYPO PHOENIX c)2020