A Ladder in the Prairie

Going Up? Reaching for the Sky?
There are right tools and wrong

for getting there. A ladder
no matter how long...
unless you're Jacob and dreaming...
will likely disappoint.
A helium balloon can soar with a note
but tagging along on the string
yields failure. A hot air balloon,
a zeppelin, a man-lifting kite,
Icarus' wax and feather wings.
These are wrong tools.
The right tools may seem mundane,
but to rise to the We use tools—a plan of eating,
sponsorship, meetings, the telephone,
writing, literature, action plan,
anonymity and service—to help us
achieve and maintain abstinence
and recover from our disease."

17813875 - an old, weathered, wood ladder in a field of grass.