Thank you so much to everyone at the M.O.D and the RAF and to all who have kindly supported my writing.

Disrobed of ignorance

July 5, 2026

In the moment that you were caught,
disrobed of ignorance,
by intellectual thought,
how the light it blinded you,
in the aftermath of the moment,
that you opened your mouth,
and to an intellectual reply,
you tried to speak,
but no words came out,
and as realization spread across your face,
that the system was a failure,
and should never have been put in place,
you were shaken,
for you for far too long,
had been told who to follow,
and which ways to do things,
and that now is destroyed,
and consigned to the bin of history,
where it should have been all along,
and I am sure when you think of it,
you will realise for years,
you could not think for yourself,
for you were helpless, and conditioned, and fed untruths,
but after the shell shock has gone,
educate yourself better,
and you will understand,
why the world suffered,
because of ignorance,
and the lack of clarity of thought,
and you will understand,
why people were mistreated,
and why people mistreated each other,
and problems were left unsolved,
for you were misguided,
and lead by peer pressure,
and by people with silver tongues,
people who accomplished nothing,
now isn't it time,
isn’t it time to right the wrongs?