And It’s When I’m Standing There This

Life Isn’t Like The Movies. People Don’t Change Overnight. People Don’t Go From Arrogant And Self-righteous To Ashamed And Remorseful. They Don’t Suddenly Give In When They’ve Spent Years Taking Out. No Doesn’t Magically Become A Yes.

And It’s When I’m Standing There This Morning, In My Pjs And A Hijab, Next To My Mum And My Dad, Kneeling Before God, That I Feel A Strange Sense Of Calm. I Feel Like Nothing Can Hurt Me, And Nothing Else Matters.

It's Like One Of Those Scenes From A Feel-good Hollywood Movie. Where Everybody Is Happy And Nobody's Hair Fizzes In The Wind. Where It Doesn't Rain, Your Shoes Stay Comfortable All Day, And Everybody's Jokes Are Funny.

Sometimes It's Easy To Lose Faith In People. And Sometimes One Act Of Kindness Is All It Takes To Give You Hope Again.

When You Exist In The Centre Of A Debate, As A Topic, A Hypothesis - Otherised And Stigmatised - You Become The Prop In A Proposition.