The Trauma Department
The title is a rip off of Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’ I have listened to the entire album, but the title was very thought provoking. ‘The Trauma Department’ is talking to and talking through trauma from the past, in present time. This is something I’ve been working through with my therapist and an amazing group of guys in my life.
i'm a poet, and the world knows it
although i wouldn't say that i'm tortured
i sow from the walls of the world's smallest apartment
i reap in the trauma department,
hired by the clinical definition
am i cynical? no– just sinful by repetition
all but bad intention
wrongs i can't right are not left behind, not quite
tear-flooded eyes hide behind a mask which reeks of lies
the fumes of fear are not so quiet-
screams from the well i can't quite tell about
my turn of phrase spells out the hell from which i've broken out
there's a drop of ink for every not so little thing–
every single thought, that i wish i had forgot
placed on the top shelf, feeling no intention to reach up that far again–
every word, re-termed, and returned, to my younger self
discreet– a letter, from the trauma department
"to you this concerns..." –an invitation
to healing–
a journey, to restoration
About the Creator
Josh Morgan
Personally, writing began as a creative outlet, to be a means of processing and venting emotion, but it has become so much more. Something I want not to be just relatable, enjoyable and a good read, but to reach someone who is in need.
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