Writing as therapy

If I am able to write something at the end of a busy work day

If I can string my angst into words when things are not going my way

If I am able to give words to an emotion profound

If I can write in my own words the advice sound

Given to me by my parents throughout the years

If I can express coherently what has moved me to tears..

When I put my feelings into words I set them free

No more are they able to bother me

When I write, I indulge in self-soothing and self-care

I gain more insight into my behavior, I become more aware

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If I do not write, emotions continue

To linger in my mind, and perturb me too

But when I write they settle themselves in the space

Between my words, thus bringing my mind solace

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So let me write, even if my writing is sup-par

Writing is the best form of therapy I’ve found so far