An Evolution of Attitude

 

     Mistakes are common,

They can make you strong

In realisation,

     But it takes dignity

And courage to admit when wrong,

     When philosophies and norms

Are backed by authority

Truth becomes only a whisper

That disturbs, for many

Want believe without question,

And it’s long in the day we have

Followed antiquated conventions.

 

     Only eleven percent of illness

Can be cured - we can treat more,

But only eleven percent remains,

     Hypocrates himself would

Be overwhelmed by medicine of today

Yet, a Doctors woe is often

Carried to the grave,

     And it’s not all in the head GMC,

But like a tourniquet placed around

The wrong artery

For a bloody wound,

The loss will always continue,

Always be prevalent upon

The masses until

Common perceptions refrain

Their stubborn ways.

 

     There be many angles

Within the shape of human lives,

No two beings have the same degrees

Of hurt, the same degrees of pain,

     When once you realize

The history of errors,

Then perhaps the cures will

Reveal themselves to the willingness

Of change,

     Until that day,

Many suffer in silence

Seeking death from

Their life of torture;

Compounded by a system,

That will not admit mistakes.

 

Michael J Waite 30th September 2015