Yesterday, I sat for most of the day
which is bad
for a softening body
but I was intent
on finishing
a
book
outside was wet and windy
anyway
not really fit
for
wandering<\/p>\n\n\n\n
if you are female, and a writer
and I will call myself a writer here
as this
is how I sort out
heavy thoughts in my
head<\/p>\n\n\n\n
today my thoughts are this,
if you are female, and a writer
how do you not eventually
write<\/p>\n\n\n\n
about sexual assault<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n when statistics read like 1 in 3<\/strong> am<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n how do you not tell of the kind of special mud the white hot rage that builds gladly mutilated not however, on trial stick-to-the-story-stick-to-the-story-stick Boys and men are not on trial who will carry the burden in the deny your shame some days leads one to believe are And how then from a complete only in a false sense of silence because <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yesterday, I sat for most of the daywhich is badfor a softening bodybut I was intenton finishinga book outside was wet and windyanywaynot really fitforwandering if you are female, and a writerand I will call myself a writer hereas thisis…
and I<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
the fear
and
the shame
that raise the tiny hairs on
your skin<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and tape
one might use
when cracks begin to show
in ancient shields
of armour<\/p>\n\n\n\n
when a young woman is put on trial
for six weeks
exposed over and
over
and over again<\/p>\n\n\n\n
by five teams of lawyers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the false masculinity,
the brash immaturity and blatant
brutality of her
perpetrators
and those who think they will
help a buddy
with lies, excuses and memories conveniently
wiped-
in no way
whatsoever\u2026\u00a0
clean<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to-
THE
STORY<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and women
are not
believed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
of just what has been
lost<\/p>\n\n\n\n
shredding
of the human spirit
and yet one more, miscarriage of justice<\/p>\n\n\n\n
by all means, stick to the story
but make no mistake
this
is yours to carry<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the nature in which we conduct ourselves
in how we repeatedly treat our fellow
humans
at all violent and self-serving costs
to protect and better
only ourselves<\/p>\n\n\n\n
we<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a despicable lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
does one continue to cradle
the heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n
shattering<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and by resting oneself
in love <\/p>\n\n\n\n
sadly, maybe… this
is all
I know \u2665<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1290,74,1291,85],"class_list":["post-5305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-sexualassault","tag-toyouthisday","tag-webreedlions","tag-writelife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5305"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5310,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5305\/revisions\/5310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}