It would truly be an honor for me
to share with you and my fellow CoDA sisters and brothers
nationwide my original poem, typed below. CoDA truly
"saved" my life! Ah, to just taste and feel peace of LIVING
and not just surviving anymore.

"The Golden
Arc"

(Spelled Arc not Ark –
Remember God’s covenant of the rainbow/the Arc, if you will)

My sisters and
brothers – treasures are they

God’s blessed
gifts, amid all this uncertainty

Confidantes,
mentors, painters, too

Friends of intimacy
are a privileged few.

Feeling as though
we might just perish

Honored with loving
sharers, who listen, cherish

Together we grieve
and we laugh and create

We step onto the
bridge through an invisible gate.

A leap of faith
– a brief in ourselves

In all our
humility, driven to delve

Shaking free the
messages, coming into the light

Loving this little
child, the canvas now bright…

So we continue the
journey, no longer in the dark,

Two by precious
two, we surrender, embark

With most of all,
our loving Higher Power,

…There
atop…

The Golden Arc

My wish is to you, my nationwide
brothers and sisters, for all of our ongoing and consistent
Peace, Joy and Serenity as we continue on our journeys
"back" (while going forward) toward knowledge and
finally our own UNCONDITIOAL LOVE of the precious child inside of
all of us…. SELF!

An original writing – By
Terri G. (Bellerose, N.Y.)