This is How Positive Change Happens…
Sometimes, we need some poem therapy. Sometimes, letting a poem work on us as part of our individual or couples counselling process is the best therapy or medicine we can get. This poem by Michael Leunig has just that effect on me. It speaks to me and soothes me in a way a conversation or a self-help book just can’t. Here it is:
When the heart
Is cut or cracked or broken
Do not clutch it
Let the wound lie open
Let the wind
From the good old sea blow in
To bathe the wound with salt
Let a stray dog lick it
Let a bird lean in the hole and sing
A simple song like a tiny bell
And let it ring
Let it go. Let it out.
Let it all unravel.
Let it free and it can be
A path on which to travel.
