As themselves (believed and seen)
By Pascalle Burton, Wendy Burton
Published 17 October 2023
and so, people underestimate you?
yes.
I sat on a chair –
I was determined to find my Guide
I'd read a book on how to do it –
so I'm sitting on a chair just really straight and still and then I felt my arms moving up—
[raises arms and grimaces because she has bursitis in her right shoulder]
seen and unseen
Note: This poem was first published in Admissions: Voices within Mental Health (Upswell Publishing, 2022)
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