Sometimes,
Due mainly to my Aspergian bluntness,
I make people uncomfortable.
I know that it is because,
In this ego driven society,
Of insincere politeness.
Truth is not acceptable,
And it is extremely rude to point it out.
Here's the challenge - compose a poem each day for one year, that reflects my agrarian life. On our hobby farm on the edge of the Monaro my husband Matthew and I raise children (I have eight, though only five remain at home), sheep, goats, chooks, piglets, a milking cow and her calf, fruit and vegies. To support this enterprise I teach in the remotest school in Victoria - if anywhere in Victoria is truly remote.
Showing posts with label truth. Show all posts
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Friday, 27 November 2015
Saturday, 11 July 2015
Catharsis of Truth
The gnawing at the soul,
The heaviness carried in the chest,
The horrible nausea which drives the bile of unspoken words,
Into gagging throats,
The unbearable strain on every joint,
As the burden of the bitter tasting poison,
Which flows,
Like a sepsis through blood,
And fouls entire bodies,
Entire nations,
All this,
Dissipates entirely,
And is lost within the realm of distant memory.
When people are given the opportunity to,
Speak their truth,
And be acknowledged.
The heaviness carried in the chest,
The horrible nausea which drives the bile of unspoken words,
Into gagging throats,
The unbearable strain on every joint,
As the burden of the bitter tasting poison,
Which flows,
Like a sepsis through blood,
And fouls entire bodies,
Entire nations,
All this,
Dissipates entirely,
And is lost within the realm of distant memory.
When people are given the opportunity to,
Speak their truth,
And be acknowledged.
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