Not Helpless

I'm powerless. But thank God I'm not helpless. ~ David S

All the talk of surrender,
of not my will but God's,
of admitting I'm powerless
could easily lead me to believe
it's got nothing to do with me,
I just adjust the strings
and become a willing marionette.
But there's listening, there's reading,
there's the phone, email, texting,
any way to reach out to others,
to share what I've found, to soak up theirs...
Then there's honesty, willingness,
responsibility, actually doing the next right thing
when that is revealed.