Further perception

Only ever a single part of the whole

Take a looking-glass view of another

Conscious thoughts move mountains

Alternative energy obtaining nourishment

Leading forecasters obligations are bound

Encouraged fights are false pretences

Do not fall to separate isolation

What cannot be held by one,

must too be freed from another

Cooperation is the insight of foresight

For power shared eludes corruption

Balanced out segments unify making whole

Never walked in your shoes,

this I know from quiet contemplation

-Camille Delaquise

This poem appears in Behind the Facade, Camille’s debut contemporary poetry collection. Further perception speaks to the moral and imaginative power of seeing beyond the self — suggesting that humility, cooperation and shared responsibility are what make a more whole and less corrupt world possible.

This poem is available as a contemporary poetry print on textured recycled card.