WHO! Am I Seen?
I’m not sure I am seen
in the words I write.
If that be so,
and I am certain hereof,
Then apart for
Max in Halifax
it is so clearly
why I am never
asked to read.
Or is it deeper?
Is it that stigma
within a person
that truth be told
they would not object
my being hurled
from a rooftop?
WHO!
Let me see you
in your writing!
Stop disguising.
Let me see you
in your writing!
Stop disguising.
Give no thought
to family sensitivites.
They have that commodity
‘Love’ we call it,
A commodity taken for granted,
Their birthright.
You allowed that commodity
to deftly pass you by.
Yet if express myself
as I truly am
I cease to be read at all.
There is nothing.
WHO! Will pass by soon.
Who! Must!!
I know that
which I saw on Monday
is the preparation.
That which in an instant
reversed all.
Life became ‘living hell’
Death became the
Doorway to Life unfettered.
It is a reassurance
I cannot express.
What I saw no words can I find
to even tough upon the beauty,
the softness,
the colours within colours,
all pulsating life
plainly visible.
Walls of texture indescribable,
Light I’ve never seen before.
I am assured.
WHO! has thrown me the lifeline.
WHO! has, at last,
in the quiet of the evening hour
come alongside.
What right do people have
to judge me?
To play god?
To rule what is right
To rule what is wrong
To dictate what is natural
and therefore what is unnatural
To dictate normality
and thereby
decide abnormality
To then deduce
that
Wrong
Unnatural
Abnormailty
has only one outcome
Summary execution
1 November 2023
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LIVERPOOL
© 2023 Kenneth Thomas Webb
Digital Artwork by KTW
I am Seen
Now I See
Ken Webb is a writer and proofreader. His website, kennwebb.com, showcases his work as a writer, blogger and podcaster, resting on his successive careers as a police officer, progressing to a junior lawyer in succession and trusts as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives, a retired officer with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, and latterly, for three years, the owner and editor of two lifestyle magazines in Liverpool.
He also just handed over a successful two year chairmanship in Gloucestershire with Cheltenham Regency Probus.
Pandemic aside, he spends his time equally between his city, Liverpool, and the county of his birth, Gloucestershire.
In this fast-paced present age, proof-reading is essential. And this skill also occasionally leads to copy-editing writers’ manuscripts for submission to publishers and also student and post graduate dissertations.
