Learning to dance again
(for Ellen Pakkies) - 30/12/2008

Learning to dance again
as a free woman
who has had to defend
her actions

Learning to dance again
because of a son gone
off the straight and narrow
(as we all tend to go)

Learning to dance again
broken in heart
though not necessarily
in mind and spirit

Learning to dance again
judged by people
who do self-righteously
unto others whatever they do

Learning to dance again
amongst the tik-zombies
in all our Lavender Hills
all over the place

Learning to dance again
forced to by a system
that has freed us

But not from bureaucracy
But not from corruption
But not from mediocrity

Learning to dance again
since we are free
though not from ourselves

Tuesday, December 30 2008, motivated to penning something for Ellen Pakkies, the mother convicted of killing her tik addict son, Abie.