Restructuring your life is a sure alibi,
stating kindly advice and society's lies.
Some believe that pain stands alone,
an artifact born in time’s tomb,
and then remembered as a transgress,
forever tainted as the mind’s abscess.
A voice states this is a lie;
the program provides for those who die
to the perceptions that ruled the past,
while still acknowledging an old transgress.
Cruelty was mixed with exploiting actions,
each one worse than the last as unwanted infractions.
These systems were thought to be cruel
in the hands of those who were destined to rule.
The voice agrees that the fates were extreme,
but discipline is based on reluctant screams;
while sacrifices may shed the innocent blood,
the outcomes put aside the need to judge.
Damage is evidence of wrongdoing’s steel;
in the wounds there are scars that don’t heal,
cut to the bone by the selfish betrayals
enacted by villains that society cradles.
These are fake thoughts, coos the voice;
the process was required, so please rejoice.
Calm explanations demand that growth is embraced,
manifesting as benefits in a future of grace.
This reframing heals all in systems of power;
accountability becomes mute in the high towers.
Embrace the words conveyed by the voice:
“Your sufferings were the results of self-choice.”
© 2026. Lynn Green. All Rights Reserved. 20260510.
May 10
May 10, 2026 at 9:32 PM UTC
Restructuring your life is a sure alibi,
stating kindly advice and society's lies.
Some believe that pain stands alone,
an artifact born in time’s tomb,
and then remembered as a transgress,
forever tainted as the mind’s abscess.
A voice states this is a lie;
the program provides for those who die
to the perceptions that ruled the past,
while still acknowledging an old transgress.
Cruelty was mixed with exploiting actions,
each one worse than the last as unwanted infractions.
These systems were thought to be cruel
in the hands of those who were destined to rule.
The voice agrees that the fates were extreme,
but discipline is based on reluctant screams;
while sacrifices may shed the innocent blood,
the outcomes put aside the need to judge.
Damage is evidence of wrongdoing’s steel;
in the wounds there are scars that don’t heal,
cut to the bone by the selfish betrayals
enacted by villains that society cradles.
These are fake thoughts, coos the voice;
the process was required, so please rejoice.
Calm explanations demand that growth is embraced,
manifesting as benefits in a future of grace.
This reframing heals all in systems of power;
accountability becomes mute in the high towers.
Embrace the words conveyed by the voice:
“Your sufferings were the results of self-choice.”
© 2026. Lynn Green. All Rights Reserved. 20260510.
The poem "Reframing" serves as a scathing indictment of how power structures use psychological "reframing" to absolve themselves of accountability by rebranding systemic abuse as a necessary catalyst for personal growth.
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