- Psychiatric Times Vol 18 No 8
- Volume 18
- Issue 8
My Office Door
My Office Door - Poetry of the Times
grew in calm country
where silence can't be traded for silver.
Raised with a wooden heart,
impenetrable as a mirror,
it can be brushed by the back of a hand
to open like an owl's wing.
Locked tight, hinges cry
when it's kicked
or punched by sweaty fists.
A priest who hears confession,
patients cross
its immaculate threshold
for a doctor's blessing.
And in moments of discontent,
when drilled or burdened
by pounding revelations,
my office door dreams
a life as a window,
each pane clean and translucent,
the unbearable passion of weightless light
flowing through its core like music.
Articles in this issue
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Addiction Resource Guide: An Internet Publishing Adventureabout 24 years ago
CMS Proposes to Change Rule of Restraintsabout 24 years ago
Psychiatric Abandonment: Pitfalls and Preventionabout 24 years ago
How Can a Psychiatrist Make a Fair Agreement With a Patient?about 24 years ago
Research Presented at Annual Meetingabout 24 years ago
Merging Administrative and Academic Careers in Psychiatryabout 24 years ago
Disulfiram -- One Tool of Recoveryabout 24 years ago
Neglect of Privacy and Continuity Under Managed Careabout 24 years ago
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