Shrink me

Robert Meislin
he/him
2022

I went to the shrink yesterday 
To figure out my situation 
Not sure what I expected 
From my one time session  

Left me with darker thoughts  
Perhaps that’s good 
Left me with lots of guilt  
Perhaps that’s to be expected 

Shrink me to my soul dear doc 
Shrink me to a wrap  
Shrink me to a pill I take 
To let me blow off the weight of my past 

My head feels worse off 
Though cleansed of inner demons 
I feel more messed up 
Than to be expected  

I’m told that’s good 
To find and uncover the truer self 
Am I an onion? 
Am I a slab of stone needing to be sculptured? 

To dive deep 
To talk  
isn’t that cheap  
It’s the actions that count  

Shrink me to my soul dear doc 
Shrink me to a wrap
Shrink me to a pill I take 
Let me blow off the weight of my past  

The clock ticks, the words spill  
In a cacophony of thoughts  
Some connected some not 
Before I know it, my shrink says times up  

I said I was just getting started 
Feeling the rhythm of therapy 
This ain’t so bad 
Come back next week   

To further the discussion  
I have insight into your world 
Will I submit to this stranger  
My inner world of complexity and contradiction 

Shrink me to the ABCs of my reality 
Not so easy  
It’s a process of months of years 
Who has the time or interest to unlock the code  

Isn’t it a stream of carefully laid out  
Genetic blocks of proteins 
Triggered by the nurture nature debate 

Come by next week to discuss more 
My door is always open 
Just say the word  
Is it ok, doc, if I’m late?