A timeless divide
Between true and false
Has come to terms with grey
That the legal can impose

A call to arms is due
Against the obscure and to
Turn in on its head
This misconception too:

“Oh, what might be as bright and loud
As a sun emanating its warmth?”
“A person that has relinquished all
Restraints on cause and north.”

“But what is right in a subjective world?”
One might challenge this call.
Well, my friend, to whom you answer
Is what separates a snake from us all.

The limit is to strike upon
Any sign of personal interest,
In terms of gain or money,
That influences the rest.

One should act to promote an objective,
The greater good according to your belief,
It must be society’s gain on your mind
That alone can lead to relief.

All this time has passed and we
Still wonder how many lies we can tell.
Well none, you see, is the answer,
You mustn’t hide what you bode is well.

Less concealing of the agenda
And having one to begin with,
Is what I promote, what I believe in,
And try to practice to no limit.

So here’s to all the aspiring fellows
Who intend to find truth and defend.
Let your heart lead your mouth
And stop with the pretence.

Then if your will is to become rich
Well, carry on, you are not welcome.
But if you seek to better the system
Then come along, and bring your friends.

19.10.2017

I wrote this one over a in a storm of emotions before a gender class in UCL. It’s my personal call to arms for lawyers all around, my ethical code, my vision. I read it for the first time in a poetry event in Freddies’ in Goodenough last year (pictured).