Why do people not speak
They don’t want to lose jobs, respect…the capacity to care for themselves
not to wear a scarlet letter forever
for a mistake
where help is not found there
when it is all deemed to be an atrocity
that cannot be fixed
limiting in thinking
and sweeping in its consequence
that forgets
the innocence found within us all
to learn to correct ourselves
if but given a chance to speak the truth
without shame
for its greatest consequence is its utterance
for there within one owns the blame
Aye, he to cast the first stone, casts it at himself…
its a truth we all must face
10/20/2018
the truth is like a catcher’s mit
the universe throws it back at you
it’s a boomerang effect
some call it karma
this is swifter
in its immediacy
barbs stick not
on the pure of heart
take aim with the truth
lest an arrow splinter back into you