b130 (1.16-2.2026): one step up

one step up…
by a. gain?
 
one step up (let’s paint a loving picture, not of lack)
one step (it’s one step up) but baby
one step back
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·       okay… it wasn’t my best of nights… but it wasn’t my worst. i had a million opportunities to go off of the deep end. i didn’t go two steps back.

·       i slipped off of the shallow end.
  o   uh, yea.

·       in any event… it wasn’t two steps back. for now.

·       i can forgive myself… and how… for now.
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martino, j. (1.16-2.2026). one step up... book 130: we are For-Given. © 2025 by wellnesseducation.us