Dear old therapist
Do I haunt your dreams at night?
Does thinking of the pain you caused
Wake you up in fright?
Do you realize that when you denied
The times I worked, the times I tried
You made me feel that I'm just bad
That true healing just can't be had?
Dear old therapist
Do I haunt your dreams at night?
Does thinking of the pain you caused
Wake you up in fright?
Do you realize how you missed the signs
Of a disorder you didn't treat
So the more I came to visit you
The more I felt defeat?
Dear old therapist
Do I haunt your dreams at night?
Does thinking of the pain you caused
Wake you up in fright?
Am I the only one of us
who lies awake in bed?
Do you realize that each week I'd come
And be well filled with dread?
Dear old therapist,
I wanted to do well,
But you refused to see how much I grew,
And focused on how I fell
Dear old therapist,
If you don't recognize yourself,
You need to wonder if you're perfect,
Or denials' on your shelf.
Dear old therapist,
I SHOULD haunt your dreams at night!
You SHOULD think of the pain you caused,
And do something, you might--
---take a class to learn about the signs you may have missed
---pick up a phone, call, and apologize for work you just dismissed
Because you know, I'm not lazy,
I'm not a liar,
and I don't just make things up.
You treated me but carefully walked
Passed the cage where I was
locked.
