The Lemon Yellow Curtains

“I metaphor I knew you”. Boom Tish.

But in other news …

… a good metaphor carries the weight. It tells the story in a way that makes us feel safe. We don’t have to immediately recognise ourselves in it. The more distant the better in some ways.

But perhaps … possibly … the metaphor, the right metaphor, has changed more lives than a thousand sessions of therapy ever could.

Because it enables us to see ourselves, as though it wasn’t us. While, secretly, we know it is us. And that can help us to work things out. To cry a bit. To think objectively. And to laugh at ourselves.

Whatever it takes.

I’m not saying that The Lemon Yellow Curtains is a good metaphor. But it’s definitely a metaphor. I think.

I think it’s a metaphor…

… for …

- a good teacher who matches our moods in order to win our trust. In order to help us get unstuck.

Or, otherwise, almost similarly, it could be a simile.

I’m easily confused in these simple matters. But hopefully you aren’t.