An incorrigible hagengages my loneliness –like an assassin sniffing outany scent of vulnerability I am lowering standardsthis history of imprisonmentenabling inappropriate openings I cry for new perspectiveponder after boundariesintending to defend Like an unwanted bullseyeI am pursued on repeatmalice considering mea problem to be solved Who is this old womanwhose thoughts are daggerswho calls upon […]
I know that abyss –swallowed up as I waspunch-drunk on darkness Bled as I emerged,each reach a scrape –there was release too Revived now, I honourthat passage, recognizethe making of a woman. (Making of a Woman first appeared here, December 2021. Image: self portrait in ink)
One Woman's Quest II 
this one really hit home with me, welcome to our modern times
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Well said and so true, VJ.
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Thanks Eugi
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Most welcome, VJ
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We can only hold so much. (K)
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It’s true.
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I think at a certain point experience we outrage fatigue and compassion fatigue for the sake of self-preservation.
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Yes, I agree.
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You are right on. Often it is not that one doesn’t care, but that is how they cope with all the sadness in the world.
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You are so right, I.V.
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Oh yes – I could see it as worse than hatred. And then you do such a fabulous job of turning it around to also talk about the cloak we sometimes wear. So well done!
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Thanks Wynne.
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True!
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Absolutely on point.
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Thanks Sadje
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You’re welcome ☺️
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Profoundly so VJ, sadly so, empathy is now at a premium.
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It truly is. I hope the pendulum swings soon.
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We may have to give it a shove 🙂
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I’ll push from my side, if you nudge it from yours, lol
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Oh my goodness. Using different words, but evoking the same dilemma, I chewed on this in my Heart of the Matter post today, VJ. The last thing I want to be is indifferent or ambivalent, but there are days…
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Hard to avoid. I started to write about my former marriage, in which my husband was indifferent, and then I realized that I too have shown indifference. It is hard to avoid.
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I agree…agree. 💕
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Sadly, true.
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So true, VJ. We have all been guilty at some time or the other.
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