"The strengths of ourselves 
had been lost from our view,
then you gave us ourselves
and that strangely was new."
Group Therapy
John G. Young, M.D.
The group began
with their mouths open wide,
fledglings eager
for what I'd provide.
"We felt we had nothing
so we looked to you.
We felt we were nothing.
Did you feel that way too"
It was true I gave them a worm or two,
(I didn't want them to starve, would you?)
yet before I knew they grew and grew
in each other's warmth and openness too--
"The strengths of ourselves
had been lost from our view,
then you gave us ourselves
and that strangely was new."
Though I was never sure
of how or why it was true,
they soon learned to fly
[from the award-winning video, The Creative Adventure]
and to feed themselves too.