from ‘a better tale to tell’
please
we must have
our own powers
there are no advantages
for us here
*
however tiny
my contribution
I feel more
conscious
of my place
in this democratic society
than ever before
*
nobody in power
wants to give it up
politicians must become
better messengers
with a better tale
to tell
*
people
who voted Yes
did so
not through
some fantastical
Scottish nirvana
of Brigadoon
tartan and
shortbread
nor through
any anti-English
sentiment
*
No must mean No
*
I wonder
what happens
to those
with no-one
to help them?
values
are to do with
the moral life
experienced
in companionship
with other people
they are not derived
from a nationalist
or unionist
lexicon
*
change is risk
we could
get it
wrong
we have
nothing
to fear
we are better
than to be seduced
by heroic problem
solvers