Who Are You to Say

“Who are you to say there is no God?” ~ Alcoholics Anonymous (Kindle Location 851)

My facts are my facts
and I will defend them,
argue them, rationalize them,
stand on them even when doubt
creeps like a vine tangling them,
choking me. I will not listen
to arguments casting doubt —
much less aspersions —
on my facts. My confidence,
my nature, my self resides
smack dab in my facts
and to disavow them,
even to explore them,
could toss me tumbling down
this life's ladder I've built.
I will not question my facts —
until insanity drives me to thresholds
of powerlessness, unmanageability ,
and insanity.