Showing posts with label Therapeutic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Therapeutic. Show all posts

Wednesday, 16 December 2020

A story waiting to be set free

Observations on the power of playback theatre
by Jibrael Jos
In spaces in between the spaces
a story maybe waiting to be set free
The moments that have long gone by
But linger in the mind till eternity

To see it played back may bring memories
Some thoughtful, some very sad
But once out in the open, it may oxidise
and lighten the burden driving you mad

So trust us and take a leap of faith
And share it out in playback space
Circle may heal your broken spirit
Or inspire a change in many ways

Your sharing may touch another soul
triggering a story that has caused pain
Your story may give hope to others
Who want to break out from their chains

Seeing my story played back

Observation post sharing a vulnerable story during a playback theatre conference in Bengaluru, Home Group lead by Joke Rood
Written by Jibrael Jos

A story kept knocking
Inside my heart
Mind kept it locked,
lest it tears me apart

A leap of faith
After seven odd years
it had become the centerpiece
In the museum of my fears

Awareness which sunk in
With shooting pain
Knowledge of the loss
As tears swelled into rain

In the torrential monsoon
I saw it played out
Because I trusted my circle
After years of doubt

Once played back
I felt no longer a victim
I could accept my inequities
And reset my system

A wound I received
Which I refused to heal
Afraid my mask n fortress
Will crumble and peal

Perspectives of my story
And my shattered mirror
Distorted facets
Flowing in the playback river

Healer and the Potter
works in mysterious ways
Sometimes I am the wheel
But mostly I am the clay