I would like to share my experience. My bell ringing. Probably different.
And I’d like to hear yours. Without comparison. Without judging.
Share the idea that there are as many truths as there are experiences.
I’m a feminist. How can we not be?
I am in favour of salaries and rights that respect everyone.
For the recognition of our differences.
So that men and women can find parity hand in hand.
To teach little girls (and boys) that respect begins inside of us.
Learn to listen to yourself and learn to say no.
Because it takes two people to have conflict, abuse, discord.
Everyone has it’s role.
Why not learn to point out in yourself what accepts and what is being abused?
There is land that allows abuse. Why not talk about it?
The police are well aware of this since they are now able to “profile” victims as well as aggressors. So do psychologists.
So there is a profile!!!!! A mechanic!
Why don’t we take a closer look?
What if we decided to move things where we have the power to do so?
I am not diminishing the responsibility of abusers.
I take my share.
In order to convey today that this is not a fatality and that the terrain that allowed this, is that I worked on it, I have transformed it.
Respect each other and make sure that no one can abuse us, can be learned.
I was raped when I was seven. The orgasm I experienced made me shatter.
For 40 years I’ve been repatriating the pieces of me.
With infinite patience, a force I never suspected.
I was wounded, fragmented and stateless, I now have a thousand countries. United.
Initiated by fire, instead of being burned, I met myself.
It took me this chaos to touch peace with my finger.
He, this man, the tool of my alchemy, I thank him.
I’m not defending his act, or any abuse.
I choose to fire with all my might. To transform every challenge.
To appreciate the peace and light that, against all odds, are now growing out of it.
Because violence, when it has not been prevented, can be used in the service of peace. Shadow at the service of light.
Take the time to observe the anger, yes, the pain too, to go to healing.
Resilience. The sweetness. Forgiveness.
Sarah Marcuse
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator
