"A SHOVEL FULL"

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"A SHOVEL FULL"

A SHOVEL FULL
{By Dori Wheeler  31aug09}

I was told, way back when,
It takes perserverience and patience
To move a mountain, and only then

As a person in recovery, I've heard this before
Maintaining sobriety is the mountain I must move
I can't do it overnight, it takes it's time, that's for sure

The slogan says, "One Day at a Time"
I can only do what I can do
It's certainly not a nursery ryhme

It's something that you must work everyday
That is my mountain, a shovel full at a time
I hold my shovel tight, I don't want to give up,no way

I've seen so much in almost twenty years
So much to deal with
Things I couldn't do out of fear

My mountain is being moved a bit each day
It's not an easy task
Obstacles will get in the way

So enjoy each moment as if it's your last
It is hard work, but get's easier with time
Moving a mountain or sobriety can't be done fast

Just don't forget the rest of your life
You'll see your progress if you step back to see
Don't allow it to cause so much strife!


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Poetry is what is lost in translation.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

DWriter’s Poems (65)

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TO LIVE THIS WAY 3
THORS HAMMER 2
THE HOUSE ON THE HILL 1
"THOR'S HAMMER" 0
"THE UPCOMING NIGHT" 2
"TODAY I HONOR YOU!" 0
"MY EARTH, MY MOTHER" 0
"NATURE'S OMENS" 0
"HE MADE IT FEEL LIKE HOME" 0
"WITHOUT ANY REGRETS" 0
"THAT KISS" 0
"DIRE STRAITS" 0
"YOU CAN'T STEAL TIME" 0
"PRIDE AND EGO" 0
"CONFUSED" 0
"A SHOVEL FULL" 0
"COMFORT AND JOY" 0
"IF I FALL" 0
'RAIN IS FOR COUPLES" 1
ALONE 0
TORN 1
TWISTED FATE 0
"HOW TO GET A RING" 0
"IF A TREE COULD TALK" 2
"THE DAILY RITUAL" 0
"DISAPPEAR" 0
"OUR SECRET SIGNAL" 0
"EARTH BOUND" 2
"ASTRAL PROJECTION" 0
"NOTHING LEFT TO FEND" 0
THE SILENT FLIER 0
"THE HEAT" 1
"DANCE OF SEDUCTION" 0
"I JUST ASSUMED" 0
"A DEATH IN THE FAMILY" 0
"MY MOTHER'S VOICE" 0
"PANDORA'S BOX" 0
"TIME" 1
"FOREVER ON HIS ARM" 1
POSTCARD FROM LOVE 0
"SHE LOVED RED ROSES" 2
"A THIEF IN THE NIGHT" 1
"ONE LAST CALL" 0
"MIND GAMES" 0
"MEMORY LANE" 3
"NIGHTMARES IN THE SANITARIUM" 1
"THE KEY TO HAPPINESS" 0
"FREEDOM" 3
"LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR" 2
"DON'T FEAR THE REAPER?" 0
"ONE DAY AT A TIME" 1
'DANCING CANDLES" 1
"SWAN'S GRACE" 2
"TRAPPED" 0
"THE INVISABLE BRAND" 0
"METAMORPHISI
S"
1
"ONE WORLD, ONE TRIBE" 1
"HEARING NATURE SING" 1
TAKE THE EDGE OFF 0
"Out of the Mist" 1
Night Terrors 0
A Girl Named Charlotte! 0
Things Have Changed 0
The Tear 0
Take Flight 1