Resist
resist
- I must resist.
As a child
that urge to
sacrifice
truth
for to belong
- nay, I needs
must be
calling out
hypocrisy.
Resist
resist
- I must resist.
As a new a-dult
that pressure
to toe the line
- to pay lip
service
whilst I do
as others
lie and bid
- nay, I needs
must be
giving lip
to those who have
no honour.
Resist
resist
- I must resist.
In middle
of age
that demand and drain
the do what one
must
to keep those one loves
safe and sound
- to that
I freely will
give
but
to so do at the cost
of my soul
I must resist.
Resist
resist
- I must resist.
And old of age
I now be
My soul
a tattered
bound and
contemptible
thing
- and I must
resist
the cheap and
easy
pat on the back
and do what
needs must be
to make this
world
a better place.
To the urge
to give up now
Resist
resist
- I must resist.
Copyright © Kayleen White, 2023 (where this date is different to the year of publication, it is because I did the post some time ago and then used the scheduling feature to delay publication). I take these photographs and undertake these writings – and the sharing of them – for the sake of my self expression. I am under no particular illusions as to their literary or artistic merit, and ask only that any readers do not have any undue expectations. If you consider me wrong, then publish me – with full credit and due financial recompense, of course :)
