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juvenile psychiatry, burning out – Poem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2026

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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists

cobalt carpet tiles, blotchy
pitted beige walls
a sanitised toy house
not crying, but trying
to lie; lying to try
when they say overwhelm, this means little to me
I know, I think, I know what they mean, exactly, all the same
tired of the practice, of transitions anticipated
transference-counter, leave me alone

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