The Therapist Poetry Podcast

Hello everybody, I’m Ricky from Authentic Counseling, and today I’m going to talk about healing through poetry. Many people can get different things from poetry, and I wanted to be a bit vulnerable today and share a poem that I wrote a long time ago.

When I was 17, I was in a car accident that resulted in me being paralyzed. At the time, it felt like so much was happening in my life, and I wasn’t at a stage where I was ready to share how I felt, or even to really feel it. Writing it down helped me to process those feelings.

Here’s the poem I wrote during that time in my life:

In a second, my whole life had changed,
From receiving smiles to being looked at strange.
Why is it that people only see a chair?
Can they not see that somebody’s there,
Longing for a life that will now never be,
With dreams of the past, all that I can see.

It’s starting to feel like I no longer exist;
If I died now, would I even be missed?

The thought of that pain makes me fear,
And that is the only reason I am still here.

More than ever, I feel that I don’t belong;
I wouldn’t feel that way if I was gone.

Things that I could do, I no longer can,
But I must stay strong and act like a man.
Emotions and thoughts make me feel like I’m dying inside,
But nobody wants to hear that, so shut up and hide.
I need to deal with this all on my own,
But the more that I do, the more I feel I’m alone.

There is no future, and there is no hope;
So much is happening, I can’t even cope.
I hate who I am, and I hate how I feel;
Nobody could ever love me, at least not for real.

That poem helped me channel my creativity. If you’re a creative thinker and feel like this might be helpful for you, writing can be a great way to process emotions. Journaling is another option.

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