Spontaneous Reflections of a Gay Man ~ Part II
Spontaneous Reflections of a Gay Man
Part II
Freedom
We were born when President Obama was in the White House. To us it is normal and natural that those in power should be of all colours, all genders, all types,
And we learned very early on that Consensus is the ingredient to our freedom and democracy.
Our right to live. All of us. Regardless of who we are or what we are.
Live, and LET live.
The freedom to write,
The freedom to think,
The freedom to speak.
The freedom to contradict,
The freedom to agree...
The freedom to live.
The freedom of life itself,
denied to millions
and yet granted to me.
A life granted that has,
As its foundation stone
the sacrifice of my ancestors,
My forebears,
My namesakes,
My own blood.
A life,
built upon a precious childhood
of family unity ~
One unity.
Unity enshrined in love,
battles, squabbles, sibling rivalry
And that final despicable ingredient,
War
18 November 2023
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LIVERPOOL
© 2023 Kenneth Thomas Webb
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Ken Webb is a writer and proofreader. His website, kennwebb.com, showcases his work as a writer, blogger and podcaster, resting on his successive careers as a police officer, progressing to a junior lawyer in succession and trusts as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives, a retired officer with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, and latterly, for three years, the owner and editor of two lifestyle magazines in Liverpool.
He also just handed over a successful two year chairmanship in Gloucestershire with Cheltenham Regency Probus.
Pandemic aside, he spends his time equally between his city, Liverpool, and the county of his birth, Gloucestershire.
In this fast-paced present age, proof-reading is essential. And this skill also occasionally leads to copy-editing writers’ manuscripts for submission to publishers and also student and post graduate dissertations.
