The Puppeteer..
The puppeteer does many things,
She makes us dance, her tunes we sing.
Our strings held tight, lest we should stray.
The narrow path that is her way.
No thoughts our own, may be allowed
Beneath her gaze, she keeps us cowed.
She sometimes lets our strings go slack,
Then cruelly jerks them, tightly back.
Her actions leave us at a loss,
We must perform, she is our boss.
For whilst our company, well does fare,
Those up above her have no care.
One puppet she may like today,
Tomorrow kick his legs away
Thus we know not, where we all stand,
Our fate is always in her hand.
Odd puppets leave
All wrecked and worn.
The spirit from them,
Cruelly torn.
For whilst she thinks we have no soul,
We blindly play our masters role.
Mere puppets we, wont always be,
As one day soon we will be free.
When we cut loose, our strings we’ll break
And freedoms road we all will take.
For freedom both, of thought and speech,
Will be within all puppets reach !!
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Now nearly all the puppets, have cut away their ties,
Moved on to star in different shows, away from all the lies.
Some left with help, some left with hope
But none now dangle from her rope.
For we've moved on to better things, pastures fresh and new,
Success and failure's up to us in all that we may do.
The tale is told, the deeds are done, there's no more to be said,
Just time to heal the battle scars and forge our way ahead.
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IAN WOOLGER........
This poem is dedicated to those unsung heroes who stood up to the bullshit, lies and constant belittlement that was targeted at them and refused to be treated in such a way. You know who you are and you hopefully will all find that you are good at what you do and your self esteem and belief in your own ability will never be trampled on again.
For those of you who agree with everything and stab your fellow employees in the back, one day you too will be a victim and there will be no one to stand beside you in your hour of need.
Remember, that none of us is perfect, we can only do our best, but only those people who do nothing, make no mistakes..
"Managers manage , Bullies don't"