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WHEN, THEN, AND NOW

Ahead of me is "When".
When I get sober, I will feel ... ?
When I get sober, I will do ... ?
When I get sober, I will be ... ?

Right behind me is "then".
Then I felt dead.
Then I  did wrong.  
Then I was a miserable mess.

Right here before me is "Now".
Now I feel scared.
Now I am doing this.
Now I am..I don't know yet.  

"WHEN" isn't here yet. (I can't imagine it anyway.)
"THEN" is all gone, (and it was so awful.)
"NOW" is all I've got.
Can I handle "NOW"? 

If "NOW" is sober
then I am present:
I am in charge
I choose my actions.

For this "NOW",  I am writing.
(A good choice.)
Now, on to the next "Now"
and I'll choose again. 

Oh! It's "Now" again, already!
I am still writing.
It's working so far
Maybe I'll just write some more.

:)  glo

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