I knocked on the doorway marked Freedom; yet no one answered.
I knocked many times more and awaited the door being swung open wide by the will of another; yet still it remained shut up.
Fuming and flummoxed I collapsed upon the doorstep.
I sat wearily for hours; indeed it felt to be many lifetimes so exhausted was I by the futility of my efforts to obtain entry to the Hearth of Freedom through the doings of another.
With emotions now spent, and will brought low, I arose once again; resolved to take leave and intent upon abandoning my afore sought objective.
While standing with gaze upon bulwark entryway and devoid of previous desire, an acceptance of my defeat, a whispered thought stilled my leave and I found my arm extending tentatively toward the knob of the door.
With expectation previously placed upon the deeds of others released, my fingers encircled the knob;
And So It Was, that with the Turning of Thought and Hand, I did now with great ease achieve the entry to the Freedom I long sought.
I share the undoing of this long suffered self-riddle now, as I rest within these Halls of Grace, and I offer this Truth hence gleaned;
Always it was I, and I alone, that were responsible to My Freedom; for none could give what they had not taken but merely as burden had received when once I had erroneously cast forth my destiny upon their efforts and deeds.
Sharon Brodbeck 09.28.2022
Systemic racism is rooted in the ideology that enemies are existent outside of oneself. Racism is born of a belief that one is limited in some manner or form by the actions, or non-actions, of another individual, group or society.
Into the Mystic 