New Release
My Therapy Journal: A Journey of Healing
My Therapy Journal shares a moving compilation of poems that convey the myriad of emotions that accompanied one woman’s journey through childhood trauma, broken trust issues, and eventual healing.
My favorite poem
Alice of the Looking Glass
For all too many years
Filled with unbelievable fears,
I looked and saw
And did the wrong conclusion draw.
For it was his reflection,
Given with his false detection,
An ugly image
There too long an age.
The sight has so much lack
From the mirror side black,
Not seen ever with my eyes
But only through his lies.
I peer insecure
At a picture pure.
There on the other side
Is a face I can abide.
The true reflection
Of his so-called affection
Without his evil lies.
There are pretty blue eyes,
Shiny golden hair;
At this beauty I dare stare.
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My favorite poem is “Alice of the Looking Glass” Because it was a turning point for healing and separating myself from my abusers. I no longer was identifying with the abusers’ words or deeds. I could be my own person and choose my own actions and thoughts defining myself.
(My husband’s insecurity and need to control caused him to call me, “ugly”, “fat”, “stupid”, or whatever else came out of his mouth. My poor self-esteem accepted his judgement because I believed it was true. One day I looked in the mirror and saw me as I actually was. It was a step toward change. A new path of evolution.)
About the book
The poetry is my actualtherapy from my journaling.
These poems were started as part of my counselling from my personal adverse childhood events.
My Therapy Journal: A Journey of Healing
It all started when an innocent little Brownie walked to a neighbor’s house to sell Girl Scout calendars. It seemed like an overdone, slobbery kiss as Micah Mason left, but at age seven, she wasn’t really sure. That moment instigated four years of hiding or being caught and molested, and a chronic state of hypervigilance. As the events led Micah into therapy, a counselor suggested she journal as homework. In a collection of raw, unfiltered poems penned in a therapy journal over several decades, Micah invites others to witness her heartbreaking journey through childhood trauma and therapy into adulthood as she faced life-altering abuse, witnessed its affects on her life, and eventually learned healthy coping skills and self-awareness. Her poems illustrate the ups and downs of life while healing, trust issues with those who failed her, and the power of her faith as it carried her through the most challenging of times. My Therapy Journal shares a moving compilation of poems that convey the myriad of emotions that accompanied one woman's journey through childhood trauma, broken trust issues, and eventual healing.