How Would We Ever Know

Personally and professionally speaking I am an advocate writer for mental health awareness, I take my job and role very seriously.  Sure sometimes, I may have typos, errors of course, most times I fail miserably in my own life  I am Human.  Though I try to write as eloquently as I can while touching on these sometimes harsh, sometimes light, sometimes dark and sometimes there is a parade like a spur I like to write upon about flowers, trees, beautiful rainfall, and the sound of laughter.  That being said, as a writer for advocacy of anything core related, I have to speak up and out.  That is my job and it is important to me.  Personally speaking, things have happened over the course of a couple weeks that have put our nation in great sadness.  Pardon me, while I try to write for advocacy.

A week ago I saw on our very highly rated social media that a young girl, was found behind a dumpster, being brutally raped.  The media along with social media had their strong viewpoints and so did I.  Many of my close contacts conversed, we talked in depth and hashed out all of the details, although hard for us to ever understand the torturous act and the injustice that followed was above all unacceptable.

What is making headlines is the fact that a young boy with a life ahead of him has been given I would say a slim to none sentence.  The heart of the matter is not being talked about.  I personally think it should be.  This girl was found, and the two boys of heroic nature who found her did the utmost best thing in their power.  This young girl though I am almost positive is not thinking or even fretting about the "nillish"  sentence that was laid upon "him" in the courts.  Yes, the courts failed, yes thier is an injustice.  Nothing about this is easy for us to fathom, understand or accept although all of us compassionate to the matter.  The core nature has been left as a shadow for the rest of this young girls life-perhaps?  I will now call her my Hero and hope she does not carry a shadow.  Recovering takes more then a century if ever in a lifetime. 

Now, my Hero hears that "he" has a very light to an almost moderate sentence.  I personally do not think she is mortified by this but mortified she is.  Of course, we are truly mortified, she though can now carry on.  She can carry onto heal, she can carry on to gain and draw strength, she can carry on with her life, however, changed.

Perhaps she can now feel the feelings she has missed for so long, the days when friends and life were among her, the times spent with family, the days when her worst days were not unbearable, perhaps now she can feel like a Hero, or just be a normal young adult again.  What is not being talked about purely is this:  SHE SAID SOMETHING, she put a stop to it, not just for her, but for so many and yes for her.  She said "NO" and "NOT ME" to victimization.  That in itself is the most courageous and bravest decision and she followed through.

What we grabbed as a society and of course rightly so, was anger for his sentence.  Perhaps what happened was to hard for us to even talk about, perhaps we were so confused and tortured by this as a society that it was much easier to cling onto the injustice, and not the healing and the heroic bravery that this young lady demonstrated very eloquently.

With an element of fright, perhaps quivery, she came out.  In the end, what is left?  A very strong figure to draw strength from.  Maybe and hopefully more people Stomping on victimization, saying NO, taking a stand, stepping up and leaving the shadow where it is meant to be, In The Lurch.  I'm hoping in my greatest hopes that she can soon move on, with so many now.  A light sentence or not, she became strong, from this, in whatever way, 'he' has been weakened.  If ever their was a lesson taught, this is it and she taught it.  She has now cast a shadow on 'him' instead of carrying it with her, it can now be left behind her, not tripping her up at every corner.  She is now free, and because of her, now are so many.