Wrong Week
I am looking at the wrong week on the calendar again
Looking under the wrong name & making assumptions
I always forget to click to the date encompassed by
The red circle meaning TODAY
Like a target painted it’s back hoping the arrow
Will find it’s way to puncture the punctuality of it all
I make little flyers & think myself an expert
Because i have been on the other side of it all
Lounging on the couch while being asked
And how does that make you feel
So i make little reminders of skills taught
And cross my fingers that i don’t overstep
I am still finding my footing here
Like a tightrope walker
There are so many more things that i can’t
Do than things that i can
Which makes my heart palpitate
And my sternum ache from all the empathy
I can or can’t show depending on the day
The policy is so quick to change
Medicaid likes to deny my services
Like i am unnecessary for clients wellbeing
I am boots on the ground for the therapist
Sitting in the trenches with the clients
Hoping to god the bomb doesn’t explode
Today, or worse when I am not there
There is no out of sight out of mind
When the world is so unstable