Therapy Moon

Therapy Moon

New Moon  August 4, 2024

—Solvitur ambulando (It is solved by walking)

Therapy of lavender

scrubbed between fingers

sniffed en route to the gallows

Therapeutic clouds

miserable & miserly eyes

return to their original position

Therapy of teeming glints

polished whatever, banked sun

surfaces bounce free

Therapy of the horrid task

existing only to be done

soul lifts off in abandon

Therapy of confession

this this this & this

it matters not a whit

Therapy of two feet

for some, mobilization

for others, objects to prop

Therapeutic doubletake

inside knowledge

has nowhere to go

Therapeutic triple header

fame fortune fatality

bayou sundown

Therapy of cognition

language a vibration

feeling a vibration

Therapy of hot drinks

warm water returns home

swifter & kinder than cold

Therapy of medium-soft touch

stroke toward the heart

purification motion

Therapy of no-effort

just this tangible it

nothing to challenge

Therapy of assent & denial

Yes & also no

Was but now isn’t

Therapy of paternity

the stone fathered moss

lichen labored longest

Therapy of color

an animal in shadow

remains imagined

Therapy of the gif

repetition compulsion

or repeated until done

Therapeutic moment

another being paused

considering the fact of you

Therapeutic bridge

what is happening

appears as coherent cloud

Therapy as mimulas

sticky monkey flower

resin on fingers

Therapy reminder

you are also a human

while being a storm

Therapy sunshine

sliced sideways

orange yellow white

Therapy dance step

first second third

fourth fifth sixth seventh

Therapy with stranger

as well as the other

this exile headquartered here

Poem by Qayyum Johnson.

Painting by Suiko McCall. “Solvitur ambulando (It is solved by walking)”, 2024. Ink on paper, 14×11″. Prints available on request.