Letter #9: A Night In A Park

Dearest You,

Tonight I looked at the stars. I didn’t know what I was looking for; maybe your smile, your eyes. I didn’t know what I expected from them; maybe to hear your voice, your laughter.

Tonight I stared at the stars. I saw many shapes and I though of you. I was wondering where their paths led. I was wondering if there was a way to you.

Tonight face to the night sky, I closed my eyes. I stopped looking at the stars. Why? Because I couldn’t hear your voice nor your laughter. I couldn’t find your smile nor your eyes. But this picture gave me more than what I was looking for.

Tonight, behind my closed eyes I touched you. I had a connection with you. I was able to feel you. Yes I couldn’t see your picture in the sky or find my way to you thanks to the stars, but deep down, in a way it’s impossible to prove anything, the night led me to you. Behind my closed eyes I was able to see you. Your bright silhouette. I could see your eyes shine like those stars. I could see your smile as beautiful as the full moon. I could feel your soul near me.

Tonight, I could have slept on that bench, in a park, waiting for you.

Tonight, on that bench, I could have waited to hear your footsteps on the ground.

Tonight, on that bench, I could have waited to hear the wind bring me the sound of your breathing.

Tonight, on that bench, I could have waited the sun to rise.

Tonight, on that bench, I could have waited to feel you sit next to me.

 

The other half

Letters and Psychology

In psychology, there are many ways to help people with their problems. The most common way is to talk with a therapist and try to figure out what is really going on with you.

But, there is one therapy which is as important as sitting down and just talk to someone. This technic is given by the therapists, psychologists themselves. It is known thanks to the movies and books, but I cannot say if in the real life, those doctors specialized in psychology give this exercice to their patients. If they don’t, they should do it.

Letters and Psychology talks about therapeutic writing. Therapeutic writing is a therapy in which a person writes their feelings down on paper. It is like writing a letter but this therapeutic letter is not a common one. As I said, it is a letter in which a person exposes their feelings, but also their regrets, their hate, anger and all the things that this person could tell to a specific human being. After the letter is written, the person has to burn the letter. This act must show that the person moved on and that all the weigth they had on their shoulders because of that specific human being is now all gone.

Here, there will be only letters talking about everything and nothing. It will be a therapeutic writing because the letters will tell a story and will make you feel different things.

With Letters ans Psychology, I will do my best to share with you my passion I have with writing but also my very particular attraction I have for the psychology. Plus, it is very important to me to let people all around the world know that they can help themselves without having the help of a stranger. Therapeutic writing can bring this help to all of you and I do hope I will help you in this journey of learning, understanding, loving and confrontation with the feelings, emotions that live inside you.