“Wild” Featured Artist Elizabeth Gade

Please join Synkroniciti in welcoming poet Elizabeth Gade with two poems, “Theft of Property” and “The Offering.” The first questions the interpretation of rape in modern Western society, a society that defines “rape not as a crime against women but the theft of property from men.” What does patriarchy fear in the feminine that it must go on the offensive? Why are the ears and minds of young people subjected to volumes of gender-based propaganda that crowd out actual feeling and reality? The second poem takes us to the forest in an attempt to escape the false narratives and pressures of the modern city. “Let me forget about the seasons of living; thrashing like an animal caught in a trap trying to breathe in a twisted habitat of steel and cement grime and noise.” These are compelling glimpses into the life of a human trafficking survivor, beautifully and powerfully rendered. These voices are silenced in our culture, their lived experience too scary and triggering for normal society. Unfortunately, this censorship means that survivors aren’t given space to tell their story and feel as if they have, themselves, become unacceptable. How does a human being heal if they can’t express and work through what they have experienced? Elizabeth is a bold pioneer, not only telling her story, but helping others to do the same.

 

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