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via Bezos’ book graveyard — Have We Had Help?
“Simply having children does not make mothers.” – John A. Shedd
“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”
– Elie Wiesel
“I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We’ve been taught that silence would save us, but it won’t.”
– Audre Lorde
Un Cadeau de Silence
Amazon
Wants me to
Find the
Perfect gift
For mom
Mother’s day
Will soon
Be upon
Us
She will
Be upon
With the
Stick
The hard rubber brush
The chemicals
The rituals
Upon me
Beating childhood
Like a seal pup
Until all that remains
Is the bloody pulp
Survival required
Blocking out
So many years
Time and distance
Are both
Healers
Mother’s day
Flashbacks
But the war is
Over
For me
Six-thousand miles
A buffer
Zone
Let
The Hague
Try her crimes
The gift of
Silence
No longer
On the
Table
And
I
Will not
Be
Bought
Bisous,
Léa
"There is a thin line between the obvious and the oblivious... Try to keep up".
Author, Poet, Brewer of Poisoned Tea
Anything and Everything, but mostly Poetry
The observations of actor, author, comedian, critic, director, humorist, journalist, m.c., performance artist, playwright, producer, publicist, public speaker, songwriter, and variety booker Trav S.D.
A literary journal of the Greenville Public Library
Aging Gracefully by Staying Active
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