The responsibilities are only honored if they remain the focus. Unfortunately for many in positions of leadership, their gaze shifts from responsibility to power. Slowly but surely the ethics, integrity, humility and love begins to fade away, like the passing of a loved one.
Soon, all that remains, is the rancid stench of rotting flesh, wrapped in greed and control.
Hungry and desperate to cling on, to smooth things over, to cover up and pretend like everything has been blown out of proportion, they try to diminish their exposure. Like the plumber sealing holes in the hope that the crap will not seep through.
All at the cost of those whom they were once responsible for.
The Great Exposé has come.
More and more will be exposed in the coming days. Many will become disheartened and will fall away. However, the Great Exposé must come, because with it, healing is ushered in to those who have been robbed, controlled, lied to and violated.
The Great Exposé brings shock and horror, relief and wonder. It levels the playing field. It brings high horses down to sea level to truly see the level of damage done by their hand.
May those exposed wake up and return to who they were pre pedestals of power.
And for those who bear witness to their demise, may they see this as a warning to keep the main thing the main thing.
When you are thrust into a position of unexpected power, you must lead with ethics, integrity, humility and love. Because the only reason you have the power in the first place, is because you have been entrusted with the care and wellbeing of those you are responsible for.
There is an even greater exposé to come.
One where we will all give an account of actions past.
‘What’ I wonder, ‘will be the outcome’.
A Free Verse by Nalini Tranquim
