#title The stories are where healing lies
#author Mbeke Waseme
#SORTauthors Mbeke Waseme;
#date 2019
#source [[https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/402-winter-2019/the-stories-are-where-healing-lies]]
#lang en
#pubdate 2018-12-28
#notes Fifth Estate #402, Winter 2019


<quote>
It is where the old man who said nothing Becomes the hero of the day
</quote>

<quote>
Where the time I choose to leave
</quote>

<quote>
Becomes the time I am willing to stay
</quote>

<quote>
It is where the cockroaches do not fly Scaring the shit out of me and my wards Where avocados are always in season And everyone will fight for a worthy cause
</quote>

<quote>
It’s where the store owner does say good morning For human beings are social we’re told Where we no longer strive for things For nothing has to be owned
</quote>

<quote>
It is where keys are left indoors
</quote>

<quote>
Car, house or shop, let it be
</quote>

<quote>
Where good health is the optimum target And profits don’t drive pharmacies.
</quote>

<quote>
The place where your genius lies
</quote>

<quote>
Is handled with love and with care
</quote>

<quote>
The gurus who open your eyes
</quote>

<quote>
Release the possibilities that lie calmly there.
</quote>

<quote>
The stories can heal and make good
</quote>

<quote>
The pain caused by fear and by lies
</quote>

<quote>
The red becomes blue, green or orange
</quote>

<quote>
The power of day and of night
</quote>

<quote>
Stories can bring healing
</quote>

<quote>
Change the content
</quote>

<quote>
Change it all
</quote>

<quote>
Rewrite your own damn story
</quote>

<quote>
Make your ending
</quote>

<quote>
Your own call.
</quote>

Mbeke Waseme is a LeapEd senior education advisor and lead coach in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

She has published poetry, <em>Exploring all of me</em>, and <em>Make the changes, feel the joy</em>, a self-help book. She has worked as a writer, a photojournalist, and a DJ. She has taught in the UK, Cameroon, Ghana, Jamaica, and the US.

Her short stories and poems have been published in <em>Pure Slush, The Writers Café</em>, and <em>Dove Tales</em>.

*** Related in this issue

Mbeke Waseme, [[https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/402-winter-2019/stories-of-education-in-the-uk/][“Stories of education in the UK”]]