My heart pounding

my survival fear activated

remembering

the environmental powerlessness

where any choice may not be the right one

relationships repeatedly misconstrued

by societies imperial conditioning

having experienced

abuse by numerous systems

the unchanged resurfaces

a re-traumatizing trigger

reminds me again of

my own humanness

horror

shock

disbelief

vulnerability

momentarily overriding my thought processes

confused by

interpretations

reactions

my cognitive brain kicks in

recognizing

how

in these unfiltered  layers

there creates

a perceived need for self defence

both real and imagined

the ensuing

results

deem differences

as the dominating focus

can We

step back

pause

an essential prerequisite

to sort through and revise

our accepted patterns

of conscious and unconscious

behaviours and judgements

are We willing to

uncover

shed old beliefs

casting off righteousness

to recognize each person’s

inherent value

innocence

an ongoing challenge to

becoming more present

to find the centre of each storm

the reality

that We are all made of

flesh and blood

sharing equal rights

to know

love

to be in life’s fullness in breath

trusting the song within

led by our gentle heartbeat

simultaneously

returning to

and arising out of

life’s beginning

undefended

choose “Oui”

© R.A. Roberts

This poem is in response to Trevor Noah’s response to: http://www.ctv.ca/The-Daily-Show-with-Trevor-Noah/Video/S2E123-Wednesday-June-21-2017-vid1148316

being shaped embryologically

by our parents and ancestry

instilled through cellular memory

wavelengths

shortened or lengthened

our body’s and mind’s agility

impacted

influencing

the way we think and interact

reaffirmed through conditioning

establishing a ‘norm’

reverberating in

the collective unconscious

until we know its relationship within

we are unknowingly in reaction

from that which has been acceptable in our individual communities

each societies deemed ‘proper way’ to behave

how can we truly know the ground we stand upon

how can we understand and respond from our heart

a place that promotes universal harmony

respectful of the essential qualities of being

that we all are birthed of and into

unless willing to commit to

an uncompromising and unending internal review of

all that has been established as the status quo

protecting what may appear to serve us but

not serving our planetary living beating heart

making a choice to enter

into the fear

the possibility

we may not know the answer

trusting to venture

into the dark night of the soul

as the veil lifts

we discover

a light at the end of the tunnel

returning to our

interlinking connections

gathering in our

understanding  wisdom  grace

in this

we serve all

By Ruth Roberts