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FromTilDAWN
Dusk
Women’s family violence project 2012
Family Violence“The Face”... what it looks like “The Heart”... what it feels like “The Spirit”... what it takes to change “The Soul”... the wisdom gained.
Women’s family violence project 2012
FromTilDAWN
Dusk
A black man. A man dressed in black. Black hair. Black eyes. No pupils. Sitting cross-legged on my bed. Grinning. Staring at me. He has no lips. I cannot scream. He looks at me, as if I’m ice cream he can devour in a moment and I cannot protest.
I melt, I dissolve under his gaze into oblivion into being nothing at all.
The Face
You wake me and my blood is cold, the door comes crashing down and
my world and my heart break.This is ‘NOT LOVE’ will you stop hitting her, will you stop raping
her, will you die.Looking through the pretty false
layers I see you, demon.
The face of violence is the one you love keeping you in darkness and pain wondering if the sun will break through and shine on you again It’s supposed to keep you safe
and able to trust This face makes all your dreams bust Eventually this face
the violence begins to erase Maybe a new face will take it’s place.
The HeartLike a newborn wrapped up
not in cotton wool
but in a dozen strings
attached to my limbs
as if I’m merely
a marionette
without a soul
that’s worth considering
you play me,
you make me twinge
and crawl and jump
through hoops
of your own making,
never mine,
never mind...
my heart is no
longer there anyway,
it was scattered along with the ashes of what you burnt down whilst I was busy trying to love you.My innocence, like a hanged man on a rope flapping in the wind of wherever your whims and wishes may blow me next, naked, exposed; The need to be loved in return As futile as my attempts to walk away
How can you love and hurt me at the same time?
Where have my protectors gone?
I want our hearts to connect
and feel safe all the time
Father to daughter
woman to man.
AfraidHelplessUnworthyConfused
Retreat inside yourself
and there you stay
Trapped
Non existent
When you’ve got nothing left to lose you also lose the one thing that wasn’t worth keeping in the first place: your fear.When you’ve got nothing left to lose you find the freedom to start again right there in front of you beckoning, come hither, you, come over here.
The Spirit
I made the shift when a being of light came into my life and showed me how a woman should be loved by a man.Together we made a shield of protection for my feminine spirit and for all our beautiful childrenThank youmy loveThe jewel of my Heart
True strength lies not in the courage to step up and battle your demons;True strength lies in surrendering
to the essenceof your soul and accepting nothing less than it’s love and gentleness
in your world...from anybody, and most importantly,
from yourself.
The Soul
“Never” “You”
And now it is the woman’s turn
Will you crash or will you burn
All the old ways from the past
To be born again free at last
Free to dance, free to sing
Hope for the future, what will it bring
Will you repeat the victim shit
Or will you strengthen every bit
Return to life, release control
& heal yourself, your woman’s soul.
With many thanks to the courageous sista’s who shared
their stories,thoughts and wisdom to create this book.
BrendaCarol
MiethaMel
MonicaNicky
NimmityShannon SrimatiWendyYahndi
www.spiritdreaming.com.au
Funded by
NSW Premier and Cabinet Office
for Women’s Policy
Produced by Spirit Dreaming
Australia, Ballina NSW
In partnership with Mirrung Ngu Wanjarri,
with many thanks and support from:
• Nicoline Schor,
Sacred Space Counselling
- sacredspace.vpweb.com.au
• Graphic Design by Keira Wheatley
- keirawheatley.com.au
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