waiting

I was waiting but now I'm living

I'm a master at waiting.
I wait for what everyone else wants to do.
I wait to see what mood they set.
I wait until they want to go.
I wait to see where they want to eat.
I'm a master at waiting.

I'm so good at it, because I have lots of practice at it.
Like many of us who wait for the alcoholic, I waited.
I waited to see if they were going to be happy or angry.
I waited to see if they would be able to go.
I waited to see where they wanted to eat because whatever I chose would not be what they choose.

BUT One day at a time.
I'm starting to do what I want to do.
I'm going to be where I want to be.
I'm going to go when I want to go.
I'm eating what I want to eat.
I'm becoming a master at living.