A Troubled Journey

When the insides churn with
   Anger and fury
       Shame and regrets
    Disrespect and intolerance

Only the outsides are
   Shaped and polished
      Coloured and trimmed
Combed into respectability

Humanity is left in the dust
    Of personal disrespect and shame
To be gathered bit by bit
      Looking always for true inner respect.

“Healing can be a long and winding road or 

a straightforward march to the finish line.”

~ Alice McCall