Dear Trauma. By Elder Marie Oldfield
Feb 18, 2025Dear trauma:
I have been taught throughout my entire life about the intricacies and effects of you.
I have heard the lies and bs stories that roll off the lips and out of the mouths of the souls you have wounded and scarred.
I have lived with the consequences of you since I was too young and continue to be impacted by the cruelty you impart on everyone involved.
You twist the soul, heart and mind.
You eat away truth, self respect, strength, wisdom, courage, kindness and love.
My ears pick up on the little lies.
My heart picks up on the twisted heart and mind.
My energy picks up on the gaping holes you carve into people.
It’s tiring seeing the impact you continue to wreak.
It can be disheartening watching, hearing, feeling and knowing that you are rooted so deeply into people.
We have lived with you for millennia but we had the medicines, people, support and ways of helping each other that dealt with you right away.
You have taken a lot of people way too early.
You continue to try to break the hearts and spirit of loving families and support people.
I know you expect a fight, maybe anger or some other negativity. It feeds you.
So, you will not receive that from me. Instead, you will receive a challenge. Come out of the darkness. Step out of the corners and places you have been hiding.
You gave a set of tools to help people cope….even if they are not healthy tools….drugs, alcohol, lies and stories and all the other coping mechanisms.
So, Dear Trauma, today I want you to know that there are more tools available….counselling, healing centres, traditional healers, natural medicines, etc. Please add these to the toolbox for our loved ones.
You will always be there. Life includes trauma and it’s effects. But….it can be better, it can be easier to deal with and go through if given the correct tools.
Hugs and prayers….
