Separation
News news news, I sometimes try not read it or watch it, but we still have social media. Today I saw buzz about the child encampments that are open under this current administration. Most points are being made about the fact that it happened with the previous and it’s happening now. You know because he wasn’t really that bad, really.
I started thinking about history. As I think about the histories that I know a little about, my heart gets a bit heavy. The slave trade industry of African peoples, the holocaust, the First Nations removal and I’m sure so many more. These are the ones that ran during and some in United States history.
Separating people. Human beings. Beings with a heart, mind, and soul force. Separating them from who and what made them, gave them history, and a full future. Here on this land people are being torn sometimes physically but more importantly away from the invisible heart.
We can’t see this connection and often if a person is being fed, clothed, and shelter we believe they have what they need. Intro to psychology says that is absolutely not all one needs. We are bonded. The word love doesn’t even truly translate the intricate, strong, but also delicate force of family bond.
Grief. The grief one carries as they look back while being forced to learn how to move forward. I have not lived this pain or grief and thinking about it is almost too much for me. I will not throw that to the wayside though, because I know that some of my people felt that pain far before me.
One may survive but what’s the cost? Separating children from their families is a sure way to bring a full on depression upon the land. As this land oppresses we are fully unaware of our own depression. Cruelty, anger, blame, silence, all attributes of some depressions. Is the separation worth the cost?
It’s important that we consider what is lost in the separation.
