Just Dirty Dishes

I am learning to take things at face value. Sometimes dirty dishes are just dirty dishes.
~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon II . Al-Anon Family Groups. Kindle Edition.

I don't get upset
when nobody but me
cleans up the kitchen.
But if you want me to come help,
could you not give a clue
before you start and yell
you want me there?
When I ask what you want for a meal
don't refuse to eat because
you would not suggest what to buy
and don't like what I chose.
When I remember my readings
and know all that's not loving
is fear, even if it seems snide,
currish, nasty, paltry, or just mean.
I can choose to love,
to change the universe to love.
I can choose to see anything
that is not love is merely dirty dishes.