Therapy As A Metaphor
written by: Mark Tulin
@Crow_writer
I save money on therapy.
I lie on the couch of free verse,
writing twenty-line poetry,
sharing my feelings through syntax
and stanza in a spiral-bound book.
I channel my angst
in metaphor and simile.
I sublimate my desires
through wishes and dreams.
My therapist is the blank page
that I pour my heart into,
dribs and drabs of a troubled past.
My interventions
are the awareness of my thoughts
and emotions,
the mindfulness of my actions
and deeds.
I realize that there will never be any resolutions
to most of my problems and concerns,
just better poetry.
Mark Tulin is a retired therapist from California. Mark's books include Magical Yogis, Awkward Grace, The Asthmatic Kid and Other Stories, Junkyard Souls, Rain on Cabrillo, and Uncommon Love Poems. He's featured in Cafe Lit Magazine, Still Point Journal, The Opiate, The Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, Amethyst Review, Vita Brevis Press, White Enso, WryTimes, and Red Wolf Editions. He is a Pushcart nominee and a Best of Drabble.
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