Poetry Therapy

[Tosh]

It was completely unintentional when I discovered how much writing poetry helped me. Maybe it's just the point of setting aside some "me" time and doing some soul searching. Writing about whatever comes to mind without any sort of judgement, I don't follow any rules... I just write. Doing this is just for you, and it's up to you whether you will share it with anyone. It's so much deeper than just writing about your day...think about that stuff deep down that you don't even know how to put in words. It's taking some of that and releasing and expressing it. This is what works the best for me. It's helped me find and overcome some huge obstacles that were keeping me in a state of anxiety. This has by far been the most effective thing in my recovery. As I was writing "Dragonfly" late one night, I felt a huge weight lift... sometimes we already have the answers, we just have to find them.

"Dragonfly"

Set your dragonfly free

Keeping him caged up

Leaves you without dignity

Set your heart on fire

Feel the burn of passion

Find your true desire

Set your fears aside

Never hold back

Go along for the ride

Set your backpack down

leave it behind

You don’t need it anyhow

Let your dragonfly be free

Let him soar above the trees

Far above the rainclouds

Bouncing off of moonbeams

 

[keifer]

I've wrote before but not for twenty years. I also felt it helped my release emotions. I really just did it for me. Nice poem!

 

[Jane.l]

I liked your poem - I write songs - same kinda thing . My T keeps telling me its a great thing to do because it uses a different bit of your brain to the traumatised bit so it is moving you away from that. I have always written and its kept me sort of sane ! Enjoy !

 

[Meadowsweet]

I am really bad at being able to express emotions, except in poetry. I have a lot of poems written around trauma - I say 'around' trauma, because I rarely write directly about it, but the feelings I feel are in the poems.

Thank you for sharing your poem, I hope you will carry on writing as a way of release. Well done.

 

[therisa]

@Meadowsweet, it was suggested to me, about 7 years, by the mod of my support group to write, my experiences out, which I have chosen poetry, as my outlet. Please don't stop expressing yourself, in this creative and healing outlet.

For the record, my trauma diary is filled with many poems, I have written, in free verse. Enabling me, to say things, I can't verbally.

 

[WillowMarie]

That is awesome :) Poetry helps me out, too. For me, I have to feel in the mood to write, but when I have, I have felt much better afterwords. I use a lot of metaphors/imagery and that helps me explain what I am feeling when I can't really put it into regular talking words.

I, too, encourage you to keep writing poetry. Sounds like it is a really good thing for you :) Thank you for sharing your poem with us.

 

[Britt.f7]

It use to help me through much of the trauma. I haven't done it lately. Something stopped writing in me a long time ago. I'm trying to get it back since it was such an integral part of me.

Great poem.