At dVerse Lisa is hosting Prosery (144 words) with an invitation to write including the sentence “I dress in their stories patterned and purple as night.” from the poem ‘When we sing of might’ by Kimberly Blaeser.
dVerse Poets – Prosery – Lost – Found/Lost/children
“In their grief the women asked why their children should be taken form them.” Doris Pilkington ‘The Rabbit Proof Fence’
Honour For The Stolen The darkness of enlightened men voids my world in a sadness too weighty to even speak. They pretended to save the world as a ruse to colonise and dehumanise those they encountered in every land who they deemed to be sub-human. Your arrogance is too great to measure and your refuge too trite to count. You cowards, you hid behind your public schools, your venture capital, your egos and your hypocrisy in claiming the purity of the bleeding Christ, which raises bile in my throat and fire in my gut. You knew full well the moral weight of your actions. I weep for the loss of life in all its experience, and I dress in their stories patterned and purple as night. I cannot bring them back, but I can honour the beauty of their presence and name the meaning of their lives. Copyright 2021 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®
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Your are exactly right, Paul. This is such an atrocity. We are dark and selfish to the core and this isa great example of that for sure. Well done.
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Paul,
Oh dear Lord, how the “enlightened” like to disguise themselves in pious sanctimony and virtue while they plunder and maraud nations and peoples, especially those least able to help themselves. This powerful piece of writing can only elicit a response “which raises bile in my throat and fire in my gut.” That this has happened throughout the course of human history hardly negates the suffering: what land has been free of it? what child unharmed by it? still it goes on. As Dwight says, “we are dark and selfish to the core.”
Pax,
Dora
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We are so dark until we engage the light, thank you for this thoughtful response Dora.
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If only it weren’t so, makes my blood boil, many thanks Dwight.
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Yes, it does stir one deeply to read about!
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Your prosery is an excellent response to the prompt. I remember watching “The Rabbit-Proof Fence.” It was just gut-wrenching.
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Liz, I haven’t seen that movie yet but want to. “The Nightingale” is another one that illuminates the depth of evil visited upon others by invaders with evil intent of conquest and extinguishing.
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I haven’t seen “The Nightingale.” I’ve added it to my list.
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Me neither, I have also added it.
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Thank you for the intro to Nightingale, I wasn’t aware of the movie – now it’s on my list.
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You’re welcome. Beware it’s graphic in its violence 😦
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Yes, gut-wrenching for sure, what a mess we made.
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No empathy, no compassion . . .
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No, just greed and ego and power, sick and vile.
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Very powerful Paul. And these actions raise the bile in my throat too. They certainly are not driven by any God
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No, agreed, the much claimed gods speak of love, this is abuse of the highest order.
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Superb 🙂 You used the quote very well!
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Thank you indeed.
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Why is it white people – I am one- think they know better than anyone else?
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Indeed the $65,000 question, why indeed?
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Paul, I’m left speechless at the resounding veracity of your words.
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Thank you Lisa, means a lot – if only it weren’t so, such evil!!
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You’re welcome.
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Beautifully expressed!
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Thank you very much Ruth
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Well done for calling out these cowards, Paul! Such a tragic story. I liked the film.
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Just soul destroying, to think that it was in my life time too.
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Beautifully written. So sad that it is not fiction.
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Yes, exactly so, if only such evil were just fiction, sigh.
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I am deeply moved by this
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Thank you so much Lara
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This knocked the breath out of me, Paul.
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David
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Wow, thank you for that response David.
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truth in your words .. thanks for calling it out Paul! 👏👏
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Harrowing, gasp, thank you Cindy
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So true… welcome always!💖
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Always a pleasure to read and share your posts with followers, Paul!! Have a great day!
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Your prose piece hits hard, deep, incredibly impactful. Bravo.
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It makes my blood boil thank you for feeling this Helen
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Incredibly hard to accept the reality of human ethical brokenness and arrogance and the suffering it creates. May we be able to teach and guide, in-still new ways for generations to come. Be vigilant and hear the pain. Thank you Paul.
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Thank you so much Robyn, yes, so agree, we must get to that place beyond in-still new ways, I love how you put it 🙂
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Strong and powerful write.
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Thank you so much VJ, so sad.
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Wow so so well written – such power in this poem
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