Does illness have a voice,and if so; is it melancholy,or dark and dank, divulgingdeepest despair, or revealinga vileness of nature? Discord creeps along my veins,disrupts muscles, systems failingunder the oppression –“Stay strong,” friends counsel,cannot hear the gathering storm,feel the heaviness cloaking me. I am not myself, but then;who am I? Is disease a mutationof the […]
Discharge the gun –protection a vesselthrough which our depthsare undefined…adrift Fear is a burrowerwears a false crownbirths losstrusts danger Hearts beg,amid this trigger-readinessfor a guardian – unafraidto court this meaningless Futility unchecked –to study productive optionsunimaginable in the current state of chaos on repeat. (Art my own)
These bones, they saywill finish me – too brittleto withstand the race But I am Willowrecollection wispymy dance defiant Porous as a sea spongesoaking up each daymettle despite the rattle (Tuesdays I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. Image my own.)
One Woman's Quest II 
Incredible image, VJ. I totally concur with you and feel the same rage.
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Thanks. Righteous rage, I’d say.
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Image definitely caught my eye.
Too many archaic minds, many of them younger than mine.
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Yes. How did that happen? Thanks for commenting
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A powerful image V.J.
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Thanks Heather
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It’s an outrage! We seem to be heading back to the dark ages. Women as chattel, and censorship to enforce ignorance and control.
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Outrage is a good word, E. I am so incensed by these archaic tactics.
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That is such a striking image. It is the height of hypocrisy for these people to be antiabortion and anti-gun control. If men got pregnant, abortion would be freely available to them.
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No argument there. The wrong principles are definitely governing
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VJ, because men feel license to tell women what they can and cannot do. If men gave birth, we would have universally available contraception. I am reminded of all those young girls whose babies were taken away from them back in the 1950s and 60s by the church in England and other places. These girls were ostracized and had to overcome many hurdles that others did not. And, then the church would lie to people about what was going on. Watch either or both of the movies “Philomena” and “Oranges and sunshine” to get the gist. Our society has long been built on punishing only women for something men also play a huge role in. Keith
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Amen to that. I have seen Philomena and read the story behind it. I know women who were whisked away to have their babies returning empty handed. The damage to the psyche never heals.
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