Never Mind

When I realised as a child

That I was always going to be wrong

I didn’t think ‘never mind’

I just felt hurt

When I wasn’t allowed to go to university

And those hopes and dreams were stopped

I didn’t think it then either

I just felt lost

Through decades of hurts

That never needed to happen

I used all my creative energy

In the fight for my sanity

To hold onto my stubborn belief

That life is amazing

Wonderful things can and will happen

And to love being here on this Earth

At no point did I ever realise

The importance of ‘never mind‘

Now I do

But if I had

I would never have let those people

Invade my mind

Attack my optimism

Or undermine my self

I would have placed my creativity

At the centre of my world

And dared anyone to compromise it

I didn’t – because I didn’t know

That my mind is my birthright

No one else had the right to live in there

With their tortuous words

Their unkindnesses which

Never belonged inside me

Thank God and my Angels

Who stopped me becoming them

Who gave me space and support to rebuild

They taught me

That my mind is my own

My beliefs are my right

And love is the only true path

In learning the overwhelming truth

Of love

I changed everything

I became new

In learning the overwhelming

Gentle power of a loving mind

I learned who to let in

And who will

Never again

Get into my mind and

Pollute my capacity to love this life

This is my life

My mind

My love

My hopes

My dreams

My future

And

My God-given right

To free will

I have learned to

Look

Listen

And think

Never Mind

Because

They will never get into

My mind

I

Love

Deb Hawken – October 2024