First Day of Therapy
“I’m fine. I’m alright.”
They spill out before you have a chance to think about it.
It’s your talent
One you’ve always possessed.
Stop the questioning the second it starts.
But how are you really feeling?
Do you even know?
Can you communicate what’s going on inside your head?
Or is the meaning you’re trying to convey lost in a sea of fumbled up words?
Fragmented ideas and partial thoughts spew out,
and they never seem to cohere.
You know “the pen is mightier than the sword.”
That’s always been true for you.
And one day you’ll realize that you’ll never be able to verbalize a feeling.
But boy, will you write about it.
(2014)
