Pithy title of somewhat emotional blog post.

Picture describing turbulent feelings churning inside the author.

Strongly-worded statement about real-life issue that matters a lot to me.

Provision of radical solution which, although controversial, is commonsense.

Acknowledgement that current society is not ready for radical solution, for one reason or another.

Resignation – or desensitised dismay.

Fugit.

Hands move. An exam.
Coloured pens mark scripts and time
while youth flies away.

An exam. Hands move,
coloured pens mark scripts and time
while youth flies away.

One among others.
Coloured pens mark scripts and time
while youth flies away.

Self-censorship.

I spend more time deleting what it is I don’t want to say, as opposed to writing what it is I actually want to say.

Perhaps it’s symptomatic of age. More likely it is because I am too afraid to name the beast.