Respect His Freedom Afterwards Poem by Louise Tredoux

Reopening the argument, not good,
frustration my friend, I know respect
a precondition in life, but I feel like
stabbing Rudi with a knife, I don’t
care about other people’s opinion,
but his ideas are so important to me,
though he should be free to think and
feel as he chooses, just as I claim the
same thing for myself, but I just can’t
let go, I want him to agree with me, a
real fight with him, the fact that he wins
because of physical strength no con-
solation, one last attempt before settling
the question, I shall respect his freedom
afterwards, first fight for what I believe…