One Day at a Time

Most of my adult life

I’ve been told by some

who are supposed to know,

one day at a time. How else

is one to live their life,

anyway, recovering or not.

We’re all in recovery, aren’t

we, making it through

yesterday mostly, then another

awakening today. You are

here as misfortune or luck

would have it. And I, like-

wise have managed to sur-

vive all the grace and stupidity

I could muster. Time passes

in time, good and bad ride

on the backs of seconds,

minutes, hours, days and

years. Gone are all the

great ones along with the

unknowns. Someone today

will take it as it comes. One

day at a time, some will say,

the ones who will somehow

manage to navigate that

banal 24-hour philosophy.

I say, look both ways before

you cross the street is how

I got here. How many one

days at a time does that take?

In damn near 72-years I've
been side swiped a time or two,
but ain’t been run over yet.

Chris Hanch 10-17-18