Human Frailty

Each day new systems are created,
To control our lives.
To work or volunteer,
We need to maintain accreditation.
We must continue our professional development,
Assess risk,
And report, report, report.
Collect data on irrelevant minutiae,
That may not withstand statistical scrutiny.
We set up these monoliths of data,
To keep us safe.
But despite the protocols and the training,
The systems means nothing.
The human ego cannot stand the scrutiny.
It will not willingly reveal any fault or weakness,
Human beings lie or neglect to tell the truth.
All of these clever systems underestimate,
Human frailty.