Physical & Emotional Abuse Support Group
Abuse is a general term for the treatment of someone that causes some kind of harm (to the abused person, to the abusers themselves, or to someone else) that is unlawful or wrongful. No one deserves abuse, period. Abuse can be emotional, physical, or sexual.
Somewhere there are meadows green, lush with life and freedom.
Where rabbits bound and butterflys dance with flowers in the wind.
Not every place is that meadow.
Some places are deserts, baked beneath broiling sun
free of cool shade, moisture, and life.
Others are decaying swamps, where sullen trunks are choked with moss
and one must wade through tar-like mud, chest deep. Black and staining.
Others are dark fairy tale forests, where witches wait and wolves measure
patiently beneath thick undergrowth.
Somewhere, there is even a valley of broken obsidian
with noxious air, and molten rock oozing from the earth.
When you collapse to the ground in those places wanting to weep;
bodies broken and bruised, too tired to continue;
Then it is important to know
that
Sun-warmed, glowing beaches exist, begging a body to lay and rest by the side of a playful ocean.
Places where the grass meets the river perfectly, allowing a person to trail fingers lazily in the cool water while birdsong fills the air.
Forests which abound with light and life, where fairies dance and leave toadstool rings.
Here may not be there, but there still exists.
Keep going. Rest if you need to, but keep going.
Bring with you those who want to be there with you, and leave behind those who would see you stay where you are. Go alone if you must.
But keep going.
And know that somewhere, there are meadows green.
Where rabbits bound and butterflys dance with flowers in the wind.
Not every place is that meadow.
Some places are deserts, baked beneath broiling sun
free of cool shade, moisture, and life.
Others are decaying swamps, where sullen trunks are choked with moss
and one must wade through tar-like mud, chest deep. Black and staining.
Others are dark fairy tale forests, where witches wait and wolves measure
patiently beneath thick undergrowth.
Somewhere, there is even a valley of broken obsidian
with noxious air, and molten rock oozing from the earth.
When you collapse to the ground in those places wanting to weep;
bodies broken and bruised, too tired to continue;
Then it is important to know
that
Sun-warmed, glowing beaches exist, begging a body to lay and rest by the side of a playful ocean.
Places where the grass meets the river perfectly, allowing a person to trail fingers lazily in the cool water while birdsong fills the air.
Forests which abound with light and life, where fairies dance and leave toadstool rings.
Here may not be there, but there still exists.
Keep going. Rest if you need to, but keep going.
Bring with you those who want to be there with you, and leave behind those who would see you stay where you are. Go alone if you must.
But keep going.
And know that somewhere, there are meadows green.
However, if you really have a problem with this person, I would suggest that you either report it to DS as abuse, post a decent separate thread with something better than immature insults, or use the ignore feature.
I would also remind you that this thread belongs to someone else. Did you consider the effect that your post would have on that person?
I suspect not.
To deface any thread with such as you have posted above is not acceptable. And for the record, I have seen nothing but love and support from khrysalis in all that I have read.
It is very clear from your response that you are also capable of being abusive. And should you take this as a cue to post worse, I, and I am sure others too, will take that only as further proof of it.
Other people do not deserve to be lumbered with your personal grievances. There are plenty of other routes you may take. But frankly, your choice of this one speaks volumes about YOU more than anyone else.
Actions do speak louder than words.
The one you are set against expressed gratitude and enjoyment in response to an image I thought to share in encouragement and support.
You denegrated that offer of encouragement, accused me of being abusive myself (a laughably absurd accusation - may as well accuse me of being a martian) and attacked another.
I do thank you for bringing this post back to my attention - I had forgotten I had written it, and it was nice to revisit it, and the worthwhile comments made in response to it.
Far and Away, I'm glad you took such joy in it - I like to think it is true both in a literal and a figurative sense.