Random Thoughts

 I waited around in anxiety, Fear now a regular intruder for me I sat next to my daughter in the rehab facility Wondering again, lost in thought Drugs had taken her away  My wistful mind thought far behind Since there was nothing left in my future I suppose my mind could only visualize the past (At home, the next day) I had recognized the symptoms in the beginning But I felt there was still a chance I had faith in my daughter She could stop her addiction I knew it in my heart But my actions were late The fault all mine I pleaded to myself So I could escape this misery  I was alone in life No word for it I guess  When you don't have a husband and lost a child I feel alone Now, more than ever Now, more than the days wishing for company  I step towards the fan in the room Begging my mind not to go this far But I have nothing more left No more pain to fight No more sorrow left to fill this void I kick the chair, my head in a noose I pray one last time To be released But my mind shuts d

 To me, I was a pawn A mere rookie in a game of chess A game that defined my life I spent my days searching Looking around faithfully for a way to stop my misery I looked around and I saw people unknown to me People who smiled at me, hiding hatred They looked at me with a glint in their eye, A secret waiting to stop its secrecy People tell me to send pictures of my new life I have forgotten my own country now, Jumbled up in this whole new life I walk past a lonely road Drugs littered on the floor I feel I live in an exile In a world I decided I would never betroth I have often thought of moving back But it's a habit now, My new identity. I cannot start a new life again It's too late to think twice I have already chosen the path A path that leads to a valley A valley of drugs and drinks A valley of money A valley of education and health for everybody But in the back of my mind I always feel  Should I have not thought this far And chosen to walk in my own valley, It had poverty a

Thousands of judicial trials get affected all around the world by racial discrimination and sympathy. Thousands of people have been denied justice just because "they looked like a murderer" or because they were dark-skinned. Most judges have failed to even acknowledge this problem.  We cannot hold the judges liable for this. It's the systems fault. Judges are humans and they are bound to experience emotions, sympathy (though not racism) while evaluating trials. A new system must be introduced to tackle this unseen problem. As much as we expect the judges to put their emotions aside, at the end of the day the human conscience will be a big part of their decision which is not the answer to solving problems in the judiciary since evidence is worth more than gore. In the new system the judges will receive a copy of the facts that has been approved by the defendants and the plaintiffs. The judges should then be sequestrated so that the different views promoted by the media wil