BowSenior Contributor
March4justice
I've had a lot of time to think the last couple of days. I didn't know it was happening, but I was really moved by the roar that was made around our nation yesterday for victims and survivors of sexual assault. Had my own experience not been so fresh and painful I would of liked to of gone had circumstances been different. Something I wrote reflecting back on how I have felt recently and with friends I know in mind...
To the women victims and survivors; for some of you these last days and weeks have bought up memories for you, your story may of began weeks, months, years or even decades ago, or perhaps yours started as the sun set just yesterday. You are not alone.
You may have been triggered by the constant stories in the media which has caused memories to resurface resulting in flashbacks that fling you back in time to that moment where life stood still and changed forever. We feel your pain.
You may have had to avoid social media and the news so as to not find yourself rocking back and forth in the corner with the raw emotions of your trauma as if it were just yesterday. We see you.
You may have held this secret tight to your chest bound by guilt and shame or maybe you are one of the few that spoke of your trauma and broke the silence. We believe you.
Whatever your story is, please know that there is an army of people gathering around you right now, you may not have the strength to roar right now, but they are making a noise for us. They are being our voice when we don’t have one and this will no longer be silenced.
