Silent Treatment
Belated intro: piece is about the feeling, not me or anyone I am currently involved with. Sure the vast majority of us have felt cut-off by a partner, relative, or friend at least once. It is said that being shunned is the punishment we fear most. Easy to see why!
Hope this 'disclaimer' doesn't take anything away.
Smell the Roses!
How could you put me in Isolation?
I am human. I make mistakes.
Everything I did, I did out of love.
Okay, I can be a little hard to take.
Got a temper, but who doesn’t?
Not like I’m the only one throws fits.
Walls are closing in. LET ME OUT!
I AM GOING CRAZY, you shit!!
Left me naked! Cold and hungry.
How can you be such a beast?
I am a ghost of the person I was.
Won’t you crack the door, at least?
LET ME OUT OF THE HOLE
YOU HAVE DROPPED ME IN!!
Shunning should be against the law.
May not be a crime, but IT IS A SIN!!
Nothing. No one. Silence is killing me.
Cross my heart and hope to die,
I will haunt you day and night.
NEVER EVEN TOLD ME WHY!!
Our experienced behavior therapist has this to say: "When we are faced with a difficult task, we tend to think, "When I feel stronger and less afraid, I will do it." The truth is that only
by DOing the thing will we begin to feel stronger and less afraid. ACTing changes
us into the person we want to be, not "FEELing." You are scared. That is perfectly natural. All the reasons you should n o t leave are putting up imaginary barriers. That is natural. Brave people are people who do the thing they are s c a r e d to do. The idea terrifies them. The last thing they feel
is brave. They just jump. Do not let anything or anyone stop them! After they have done the brave act, they begin to feel they were brave. But in the middle of the act, their hearts were pounding and their
palms were sweating and they felt like they might die, they were so scared. Fear doesn't kill.
Doing nothing often puts people in far more danger. Get out a suitcase and start packing. If you pack one thing a day, you will be that much closer to your goal. If you are afraid you will get caught packing,
take a sack or a bag of some kind to a friend's house and sneak your clothes out of your place
in a pocketbook or a big casserole dish {no kidding} one at a time. Hide them in the car or
wherever. The point is to t a k e s t e p s. One at a time, then two, then three. . .soon you will be looking back saying, "Thank God I ignored my pounding heart and cold feet. I am F R E E."
