I need a boat

I needed a boat

to keep me afloat

When the waves of grief threatened to upend me and send me spiralling downwards

into the darkness below the surface.

So I built one,

with all the beautiful thoughts and

memories of you.

With all of your unique and funny ways.

With all you stood for and stood up for,

in your short life on earth.

And after a while,

I realised you were building it alongside me,

with all your devotion, strength and dedication…

with all your love for me.

I cherish the boat we built together.

It keeps me afloat

when the waves of grief come rolling in.

~ Dances with Dan: Embracing Grief

~ Art by Akira Kusaka

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Author: GreatCosmicMothersUnited

I have joined with many parents affected with the surreal , yet accepted issue of child abuse via Pathogenic Parenting / Domestic abuse. As a survivor of Domestic Abuse, denial abounded that 3 sons were not affected. In my desire to be family to those who have found me lacking . As a survivor of psychiatric abuse, therapist who abused also and toxic prescribed medications took me to hell on earth with few moments of heaven. I will share my life, my experiences and my studies and research.. I will talk to small circles and I will council ; as targeted parents , grandparents , aunts , uncles etc. , are denied contact with a child for reasons that serve the abuser ...further abusing the child. I grasp the trauma and I have looked at the lost connection to a higher power.. I grasp when one is accustomed to privilege, equality can feel like discrimination.. Shame and affluence silences a lot of facts , truths that have been labeled "negative". It is about liberation of the soul from projections of a alienator , and abuser ..

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