The Psychotherapist

A poem

Simon Heathcote
Nov 6 · 1 min read
Photo by Cater Yang on Unsplash

I watched you turn
Circle back
Throw shadows on the past
Like finger puppets
On a wall
It can be a dark art
This looking back

Some shapes just not real
Others well needed
To transfigure
Elevate and illuminate
The soul’s heavenly arc
The very…

Simon Heathcote

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Psychotherapist writing on the human journey for some; irreverently for others; and poetry for myself; former newspaper editor. Heathcosim@aol.com

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