To Thine Own Self Be True Frees the World

As the tears flow down my face,

I wait for grace,

For this is my only refuge,

A refugee in my own country,

For with my pleas,

There is no bargain,

Or peaceful settlement,

Of what genuinely matters.

For I have felt the strain,

At times I feel real pain,

For I did nothing wrong but ask for resolution,

I was suffering as I could not understand

the lay of the land,

for this feels like a foreign country,

A harsh terrain with no safe haven,

So I looked to heaven to find peace,

And asked for truth as my boat is sinking,

As I am seeking REAL HOPE.

Psychological abuse is not a criteria in work health and safety,

It is a trauma that is ongoing,

For silent treatment is not saying no,

It is to let go

of responsibility,

And that is the

ability to respond,

to suffering.

Life is abstract it is not academic,

It is not a duty of care,

My writing was a call for help to be fair,

It is was a calling to share the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth,

To discover why caring is fair,

I am your daughter, your sister, your friend,

Yet we enshrine life in rules and regulations,

We no longer feel for another’s plight,

We have to prove we are right without a backward glance,

Believing love is only romance,

Seeking only our interests and call it justice,

Yet is the real justice natural?

When we face what we fear with peace in mind,

For to be kind is the true levy of humanity,

That needs no border protection,

For everyone is welcome in a world without walls,

Human rights is the right to be human,

And this is the true call,

Of freedom.

You can fine me for freedom of speech,

You can jail me for dissent,

Yet had you sat down and talked with respect,

I would have elected to leave of my own free will,

For I could read the writing on the walls,

For higher learning reads between the lines,

To realise:

‘I didn’t know that I didn’t know’ is knowledge (closed),

‘I know I don’t know’ is wisdom (openness),

And this is the truth that sets all free,

From the intolerance of censure.