by Jane Seskin, LCSW
At present I purchased socks with
sunflowers rising up from
the toes…and had a flashback.
I began carrying patterned socks
once I was a hospital social employee
counseling survivors of violent
crimes.
Trying down at my ft,
crossing my legs, I may really feel
a small smile costume my lips as I glanced
at birds, books, stars, stripes, polka
dots, Santa Claus for Xmas and hearts
for Valentine’s Day.
The socks didn’t persuade
the traumas of home violence and
sexual assault to flee my workplace.
However for the time it took to blink,
the sight of the socks sustained me
whereas the therapeutic discuss continued.
Jane Seskin, LCSW (www.olderwisershorter.com), is a social employee and creator. Her most up-to-date assortment of poems is Older Wiser Shorter: An Emotional Street Journey to Membership within the Senior Class.
