Stop Telling Me To Heal Like A Time-Limited Deadline, Or Worse, An Insult To The Progress Made

a poem and a reflection

Photo by GERARDO MR on Unsplash

The worst way to help someone heal is to tell them they need to heal. (Paula Goodwin)

You and I
might have the same destination,
aligned wishes,
I want to heal,
and you would like to see
a time where I no longer
sit in these maladaptive…