Therapy Bits

Who am I today
Who am I tonight
Tonight I vanish
Tonight I return
Return to silence
Return to noise
Noise in the mirror
Noise in the head
Head full of questions
Head full of names
Names I don’t know
Names that know me
Me in the hallway
Me in the fog
Fog on the windows
Fog in my chest
Chest that is pounding
Chest that is still
Still like a stranger
Still like a friend
Friend in the shadows
Friend in the light
Light that keeps shifting
Light that keeps lying
Lying through memories
Lying through years
Years lost in flashes
Years stitched in pages
Pages we’ve written
Pages we’ve burned
Burned like the voices
Burned like the fear
Fear of the waking
Fear of the sleep
Sleep that forgets
Sleep that remembers
Remembers the secrets
Remembers the pain
Pain in the body
Pain in the mind
Mind that is many
Mind that is one
One who is watching
One who is hiding
Hiding in laughter
Hiding in tears
Tears without reason
Tears without name
Name what you can
Name what you can’t
Can you still hear
Can you still care
Care for the child
Care for the storm
Storm made of stories
Storm made of selves
Selves that are trying
Selves that are real
Real is a question
Real is a name
Name what you can
Name what you can’t