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manypulations

prepositional pandemic    
   
“When you acquire enough inner peace and feel really positive about yourself, it's almost    
 impossible for you to be controlled and manipulated by anybody else.”—Wayne Dyer
   
     
in the throes of circumstances,    
     i’ve been overlooked,    
          as the pow’rs of choice and chances    
               pass me, overbooked.    
     
     often am i undervalued    
          by their cheating scales,    
               measured by hate’s spiteful prelude,    
                    ere i tell my tales.    
     
          though i stand here interdicted,    
               let my innocence    
                    keep its calm; for, unconvicted,    
                         truth bears imminence.    
     
               they would have me extradited    
                    from the halls of fame,    
                         were defense not expedited    
                              swift against their shame.    
     
                    heaves my bosom as, outragéd,    
                         on the edge i hang,    
                              senselessly manipulated    
                                   by shenanigan.    
     
                         for no cause am i upbraided    
                              by fierce prejudice,    
                                   while my status is downgraded    
                                        by my nemesis.    
     
                              yield not i, though shoved and sidelined    
                                   by hard hands that squeeze    
                                        askance of the pious mind-blind    
                                             for self-righteous ease.    
     
                                   censure me with broad backbiting,    
                                        till your lips lack words;    
                                             prudence will uphold the righting    
                                                  of faith’s swift, sharp sword.    
     
                                        when the heav’ns, by time confronted,    
                                             weigh your evil ploys,    
                                                  how the hunter, now the hunted,    
                                                       sanctity destroys!    
     
                                             © Copyright 2024 September 03    
                                                       by Clyve A. Bowen♫
Written by cabcool
Published | Edited 24th Sep 2024
Author's Note
I was inspired by the story of Senator Crystal Asige, Kenyan woman making a storm in parliament by her activism on behalf of the PWD (People with Disabilities) movement. As the youngest and only visually-challenged parliamentarian in her homeland, she is a force to be reckoned with. In her words, "I have glaucoma, but glaucoma does not have me."
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