THE WEAVE:
“I dunno,” Sunny sighs,
on the phone with Uranus,
“I’m having trouble, regulating,
you know? I just keep doing things
that I don’t want to anymore.”
Uranus trances out,
and responds,
"Self-Control.
People talk about how
they lack Self
-control, like they are
bad people, rather than people
asked to deny themSelves,
from the moment they are
born. I tell them,
"Join the club," I tell them,
"I am not a therapist, and
I do not see a therapist,
but I hear it helps." What helps
me, is Creativity. We all need
an outlet, to the inlet
where we can heal ourSelves.
Poor impulse control is a River
I wield, or wields me, depending
on the Day. I do not
"cure" it. I let it be
the Cure, and I collect
my words until I see
my stories only hurt mySelves,
unless I dream them differently.
Without me, there is no Changing."