More Than Transactions
I’m okay you’re okay
I’m not okay and that is okay
honour your parents
but respect needs to be earned
blind obedience kills childhoods
and where right becomes wrong
opposition becomes duty
genes and hand me down customs
un-reflected socialisation and traits
are a wicked combination of templates
for unexpressed emotions
and irrational thoughts
when defence mechanisms
and blindfolded acceptance
create no more than a chip
off the old block
on one’s shoulder
to be okay
is definitely
not okay
yet in a way
it is never too late
to have a happy childhood
because adults can play
and now I need
to talk to my Selves
just a bit because otherwise
analysis becomes paralysis
07th September
written with Eric Berne's concept of transactional analysis in mind
Copyright © Kai Michael Neumann | Year Posted 2021
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