“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” Seneca
I’ve written and deleted my post many times, not because I’m at loss for words but because the spurious well of churning words seeking to escape my thoughts are so disjointed that I don’t even know how to bridle them.
I will borrow the quote Bernadette gave for the writer’s quote inaugural week to try and cobble my words together. How apt this quote is for this tumultous week of new beginning. Is this the beginning to the end of things? Only time will tell.
You feign that you care about others
while in the secrecy of your dark soul
you wish to take away the rights of other living souls
You feign that you are a free world
while in the darkness of your fields
lie the spirits of broken men
You ache to regain toe hold
over your reign of terror on people’s lives
when you could whip them into submission to your will
You ache that things should be
the way they were before
when others had to cower before you in fear
You remember your days of old glory
your days of supremacy
and you want to reconstitute your free lynching
The truth is that
you will never gain back that
which your hateful soul desperately seeks
The truth is that
times have moved on and so will it remain
‘cos no one is going to cower in fear of your bullying and cowardice
The truth is that
no one is going to stay at the back of the bus any more
while old men steer us to destruction
The truth is that
this is the dawn of a new beginning
and may well be the start of a revolution.
The truth is that
no matter how you strive to keep others down
the fighting spirit of a free soul will always rise against you.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts and feelings.
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Thank you Seenu
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I love both of them.
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🙂
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I meant the cooking pot and twistedtales
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That’s great 🙂
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The Power of the Pen. We will fight back with our Ink!!
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We will fight hard and our voices will not be drowned.
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Welcome friend. I liked the bitter truth.
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incredible post! Well done my friend!
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Thank you Suze. Sometimes the truth hurts but we have to say it as it is.
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Glad to see that your spirit is back.
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Pranab my dear friend, I’ve always been a fighter and have fought many adversities in my life. I can’t stop now. Thank you 🙂
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👍👍
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That’s such a powerful piece, Jacqueline. So well expressed.
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Thank you dear Van.
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Thank you for sharing your concerns and convictions with such passion. The world may be entering into a new era of backward-thinking ideals but there is a God in heaven who is sovereign. The onus is upon us, God’s people, to call upon him, seek his miraculous intervention and trust him to cause ALL things to work together for our good and for our welfare.
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Thank you, lady Cee. God is not asleep and works in mysterious ways.
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Wonderful message Jacqueline. I enjoyed the building cadence of strength and resolution in your piece.😘
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Thank you dear Bernadette.
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Superb, Jacqueline.
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Thank you dear Eugenia.
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Such a powerful post. You have written it with so conviction that I could almost feel your bitter truth. I loved this post Jacqueline!
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Thank you. I was just spilling my thoughts as it came to me. I appreciate your comments.
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Reblogged this on Haddon Musings and commented:
Read Jacqueline’s very heart searing take on the quote.
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Honest and painful but oh so positive.
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Thank you Janmalique. It’s painful to watch what’s going on around us.
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MMMh, this leaves a bitter taste on my palate. Nonetheless, it is so true
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A sad reality.
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