I leave the room lighter,
yet my bones hum like wires after a storm.
We pulled old truths from their hiding places,
dusty, sharp-edged, still breathing.

Each sentence was a small incision,
careful, necessary, kind.
Relief pooled in my chest, warm and real,
even as my thoughts began to tire,
spinning slower, softer, asking for rest.

Healing, it turns out, is not a clean ascent—
it is walking home at dusk,
bandaged in insight,
heart steadier, steps heavy,
grateful for the ache
that proves something inside me moved.

FOWC With Fandango — Tire – Facts, Fictions & Fantasies

4 responses to “I feel lighter after therapy”

  1. SRIKANTH Avatar

    Carol, this is breathtaking. You’ve captured the profound paradox of healing with such raw, elegant precision. The image of leaving “lighter” while bones “hum like wires after a storm” is utterly brilliant—it perfectly holds the coexistence of relief and residual tremor.

    Your poem transforms a difficult, intimate conversation into something sacred and surgical (“small incision, careful, necessary, kind”) and then into a weary but steady pilgrimage. The final lines—”grateful for the ache / that proves something inside me moved”—are a revelation. That is a truth it takes wisdom to know and courage to voice.

    Thank you for sharing this beautiful, moving piece. It’s a gift to read.

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    1. Carol anne Avatar

      Thank you very much 😘🌷

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  2. Astrid Avatar

    This is beautiful! I’m glad you’re able to experience healing.

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    1. Carol anne Avatar

      Me too, it’s a wonderful feeling 💞💖

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