You say it’s just drawing “Nothing to worry about. Just draw what you feel.” My hand hesitates Over the box of art supplies Eventually, I choose a medium And place it, unmoving, against the paper You tap away incessantly on your computer I haven’t moved a muscle For several seconds Yet still I hear your continual Tap-tap, tap-tappity-tap As I finally start to draw I wonder what you Possibly could have typed Besides “Client chose a green crayon.”
Yet again, from an old notebook. Written after my first ever appointment with a therapist