To the Me that I Can Be

Since I was thirteen and wore a size thirteen
and Mother took me to see Dr. Brooks
and he gave me diet pills, losing weight
has been a primary goal though the goal weight
forever failed to evolve. Thirty-six years later
Three hundred on the scales scared me
andI never saw that again. Ten years after that
I found the solution and got to a size thirteen again
but after virtually ten years in recovery I've deferred
to claim that recovery physically, no longer that size,
imagining the scales reading eighty pounds lighter.
If I had birthday cakes the next one would be a torch
with seventy candles. Metabolism, arthritic knees,
dexterity issues in food preparation have upped the ante.
But the promises are mine as much as they belong to anybody!

Once we compulsive overeaters 
truly take the third step, we cannot fail to recover.
Physical recovery is mine to claim!!
That is the Me That I Can Be!