Therapy Poem by John Promise

My therapist said

Say what you feel
Write the letter in anger or pain
Don't redraft it 5 times until
There is no anger or pain

My therapist said

Your wife will be pissed off
When you say
'My therapist said'
Ok, my therapist didn't say that
But she was right anyway
And that was its own therapy

My therapist said

Everything you feel and say
Right now is you
And when you walk out
And redact what you feel and say,
That is not you

My therapist said

The only way to find yourself
If you have lost yourself
Is by not listening
To what your therapist said

My therapist said
You know every answer already