Justice (Free Verse Sonnet) Poem by Gert Strydom

(after Lina Spies)

I wish like with Mary You could stand next to me,
could write words that do jerk a church organization to black silence,
softly press with Your comforting hand on my shoulder,
when hypocrites without regarding of my rights went further than the law allows.
I wish like with Mary You could admonish them to silence
but then my office keys were jerked from my hand,
where I was pressed into a hearing without preparation or any defence
I wish You had hit their barrister in that office with Your fierce light,
as before You nobody is without sin
and each one of their sins l I can write down right here like You did on the ground,
in a circle around me they stood and said that they are accomplishing Your divine will,
that I do fornicate and rebel against authority other employers are warned in secrecy,
where I followed their commands to the letter and did not know one woman at the office:
nobody can after a decade turn a career around and only You can bring a judgement.

[Reference: "Vryspraak" (Acquittal)by Lina Spies.]

© Gert Strydom