
My writing has brought me through the best of times and the worst of times to a Spring of hope from a Winter of despair to paraphrase Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of two Cities.”
And thanks to Paulas Light and her 3TC prompts for helping me to voice this…
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NAMELESS…
She might have thought
She got the sauce
When she retired
To a lush and early pension pot,
That Educator
With no principles or thought for
The children in her care,
Those innocent children, each a
Diamond, she was entrusted to polish
To bring them from the rough
To their most lustrous, luminous shine
She denied,
And so she left him,
unaided,
when he bravely told her
He was being bullied
Him, she left in no doubt,
That he was nothing;
NOTHING in her eyes
Far from a diamond,
Thanks to her cowardice…
“Sometimes you have to stand up for yourself”
As she said
Her damage, that depleated
The diamond of his right
To glow and shine,
Or brought his sister to the front of class
And belittled her grasp of maths
Until her peers laughed
Because of what as an
Educator and Teacher she had lost or
Worse still maybe never had..
But fear not
All is not lost,
Those diamonds
Once voiceless and violated
Have, thanks to the power of
LOVE
AND
LIGHT,
Found their inner sight and
Right to luminosity!
And fear not teacher
with no principles
Or thought for the children entrusted and dependant on your care,
For Face you will, the
Lynx that latently lies,
Lurking
Within
And your
Lush pension pot and early retirement
Will like the diamonds you failed to polish,
Quickly lose their shine and
Your demise will be one of unrelenting
SHAME…
You took our childrens childhood happiness by trampling on their cries for help,
whether it was the bullying you ignored or the bullying you perpetrated yourself
or the mental health implications,
You were implicit in creating or ignoring,
You crept inside our home
And you depleted
Our childrens childhood happiness
And bullied us, we now know, through their distress and left us unrequited…
But one day I know you’ll read this and you’ll realise, without a doubt, exactly who
You are
and what you’re made of,
And you’ll answer for it…
Have you been failed by the education system? Have you been bullied? Just know that I have your corner, I hear you and you are a true and beautiful Diamond and you are not alone!
Le grà,
Mindfully Marie xx
April 16, 2019 at 10:19 am
Absolutely powerfully stunning poem Marie … you said it all and more!
I believe in karma and this one will not have a very happy life, what an insensitive nasty person. The school and children are well rid of her!
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April 16, 2019 at 11:40 am
Thank you so much Kate and I’m glad you find my words so powerful. I believe in karma too and that’s what brings me peace! I totally agree the school and especially the children were well rid of her and no other children should suffer under her supposed care! Le grà, Marie xx
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April 16, 2019 at 12:27 pm
nice resolution 🙂
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April 16, 2019 at 1:31 pm
Wow, this is so powerful Marie! It is so shameful that someone who was given so much authority over children used it to harm them. The one good thing is that now she won’t have that power over any more children.
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April 16, 2019 at 1:59 pm
It sure is a positive outcome. Thanis Terri for reading and responding. I don’t get your posts in my reader but I’m not forgetting you either. I’ll be back to visit shortly. Xx
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April 16, 2019 at 5:12 pm
It’s so powerful. There’s no one who can dictate anyone’s worth or belittle or embarrass anyone. I hope that you spread all the awareness you wish about this subject through your thoughtful empowering poems. #takeastand ❤
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April 16, 2019 at 5:21 pm
I really appreciate your good wishes for my project and encouraging feedback on my writing. What does #takeastand mean? Sorry for my lack of tech savvy!
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April 16, 2019 at 5:23 pm
It’s a hashtag which promotes taking a stand against the wrong 😅😂❤💙❤
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April 16, 2019 at 8:16 pm
Powerful. Really powerful, Marie! ~Kim
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April 16, 2019 at 8:38 pm
So glad to know that you think so Kim! I look forward to your visits and warm feedback! Be well & happy. Xx
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April 16, 2019 at 8:43 pm
Thank you! I read your post… and I re-read some parts and I was so moved, I couldn’t write. I could not comment, except with “powerful” that was all I could manage! I wish health and happiness for you and yours too, always.😊
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April 16, 2019 at 8:57 pm
Wow, Kim I’m glad my words can have such an effect and thank you for letting me see that, we are continuing to grow from the whole experience! Xx
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April 18, 2019 at 1:28 am
Brilliant poem Marie. Simply brilliant and so touching.
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April 18, 2019 at 6:34 am
Thank you Dominique, it means a lot to know it resonatted with you. I appreciate your regular visits and uplifting support! Xx
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April 18, 2019 at 1:19 pm
I feel the same Marie. It is always a pleasure to read your comments. Positive feedback at its best. xoxo
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April 19, 2019 at 8:22 am
It is so easy to say that you must fend for yourself. Don’t they realise that there is a very reason why the child in distress is asking for help? The child trusts you, looks at your for sailing her through! If only they understood! But love, as you say, will polish the diamond and she will shine brightest.
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April 19, 2019 at 8:42 am
“If only they understood”…that’s monumental Parikhit, it’s the solution to everything, but so is empathy, if we can’t understand but you can see it from their perspective, through their eyes, then you can understand too and if you can see it through the heart, which was how we finally saw it, love, just unconditional, non judging, non expecting, non comparing, non fixing love turned the tide for us. Thank you for your welcome company and thought provoking comments. Le grà, Marie
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April 20, 2019 at 5:47 am
Empathy, non-judgemental, unconditional love are so powerful. Together they can make everything easier and show us what we missed seeing, change our perspective and realize the challenges that others may be facing which could possibly be zilch to us but a mountain to them. 🙂
I feel gratified that I can contribute in any little way 🙂
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