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Fractures of a Whole

Amplify-Her set the tempo for my weekend
not in beats alone,
but in the way voices carried,
the way presence lingered.

I brought Sarah, and I brought Norah.
She may not recall the evening,
but her bones will.
Memory lives deeper than thought...
it moves through rhythm, through breath,
through the knowing of safety
when truths are spoken aloud.

Gatherings like these unspool silence.
Women step forward.
Those at the edges find the center.
It doesn’t take vaulted ceilings,
only a pair of chairs
and the courage to believe words matter.

This is not blame.
It is recognition.
We were born into scaffolds
that ask us to forget our wholeness.
But here, we practice something else...
tender, patient, incremental.
Change as a seed.
Change as a hand that does not pull away.

Sarah and I want to leave this earth
softer, kinder than we found it...
for Norah,
for every child who will walk further.

That requires trust.
Vulnerability.
Safety.
Without them, we fold into survival.
With them, fractures remember their belonging.
With them, we remember we are whole.

Every gesture teaches...
a hum of voice,
a flicker of recognition,
a cup of tea,
honey gathered by hand.

This is the inheritance we never asked for...
wounds passed before language,
the weight of being the only one in the room.
And still...
we gather.
We listen.
We trust.
We repair.

So I ask...
who do you see in this world?
The change? The difference? The mirror?

Do… or do not.
There is no try.

Shout out to @eylxr_ and @direct_support_mn
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