Have You Ever Been Made To Feel
Have you ever been made to feel ???
That you are a ghost, the invisible man, while within a group.
Do you find some stepping on your ideas?, walking on your words?,
ignoring your attempts to contribute to the conversation???
Did it start in childhood, children are to be seen, not heard?
Carried into a school system where individuality was stifled.
Then into adulthood, on the job, a sheep among the flock.
Do as I say, not as I do, you may know more but I am the boss.
Your thoughts, your ideas, your feelings withering on the vine,
bearing not but stagnant, rotting, fruitless words, ideas, feelings.
For some, not interested in hearing, not interested in listening
to what you have to say, to contribute, your words suppressed,
silenced by those egos who pounce upon the subject, your words
leaving their pray dangling upon a rope, noose around your essence, strangling the life out of your words, your ideas, feelings, your soul.
If so, fear not!, their ignorance, their egos, they have to live with.
B. J. “A” 2
May 10th, 2023
Copyright © William J. Jr. Atfield | Year Posted 2023
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