MY PLACE – POETRY , AFFIRMATIONS & MORE

As a strong advocate for the underdog, it rips my soul to pieces when I see or hear of people who choose to put their own personal agenda ahead of what is a basic “Human right”.

As it’s almost impossible to prove intent, only those on the inside close enough to certain situations can really see the damage and misery that is truly inflicted on those innocents whose lives are damaged by the inflated reality of another person. Narcissism certainly comes to mind, plus a few other choice words that define the utter lack of empathy I have witnessed in my time.

I ache sometimes helplessly for those that have no voice; children who are used as pawns in legal battles against the other parent, abused people with no self-esteem who just cannot find the strength to speak up as their spirit is so far beaten down that they just do not have the strength to battle, those of us that manage mental illness, bouts of depression, anxiety and brain injuries, and those that are simply just differently-abled. Who has a voice for them?

Well the first thing I can tell you is that unless your pockets are weighed down or you have one foot in the poor house, there is almost no person, system , agency or resource in the legal system that will help you with your cause.

So I ask where does that leave the dad whose children are alienated against him who has no money for a lawyer? where does that leave the children who are fed mixed truths and lies from the custodial parent about the non custodial parent they love? Where does it leave that broken down soul who cannot fight one more second for what is right, we know wishes and money do not really grow on trees.

What we know is… those children will grow up with mental health issues as emotional damage is one of the hardest issues to manage and undo after the deed has been done,  not to mention the disconnection from reality and possible loss of identity; that dad might give up one day  his spirit defeated, and that poor soul who cannot fight the evil of injustice any longer might just find a hole to crawl in and accept nothing more can be done as in this game of life the real truth is, someone will win and someone will lose, it’s just the way the cookie crumbles.Where’s the social justice and human rights in that? No where is where! Change needs to happen, so whose job is it anyway!