Dehumanization
The first person we dehumanize?
is our mother
our own mothers.
Whether the one who sent us down the canal of life's beginnings
or the one who signed a paper making an oath that stains far deeper than any ink every will
choosing not to see the need in them
because aren't they simply there to fulfill our needs
our dreams
Aren't they the ones who are supposed to live in the background of our lifes
a constant fixture
just another life necessity
though not to much of a necessity
cause well we don't need them
we really would be better off without them
that parent
we sometimes think we
do more of the parenting in the relationship
when they slip up
telling us things
they should have kept to themselves
they should have kept that secret on their own shoulders
because aren't they the savior
the savior who again we don't need
because if you don't need saving
well then of course there is no need
for someone whose job it is to do the saving
we are self sustainable
didn't you know we just rose out of the ground
like our forefather Adam
we had no one that came between
no one that labored for our delivery
and what a delivery
if that's not salvation
that hypothetical event
that didn't happen
then I don't know what is
except I suppose
the years that followed
that delivery
the hot chocolate provided when
one is surely going to lose all ones toes to frostbite
just like in that movie with the soldiers
the one who breaks off his thumb
and bites it like a carrot
*shudder*
or the one where they told that boy who took your body for his own
without waiting for a yes or no
the one that tells that boy she will cut off the weapon used
against their child
or the one where they were called when ones stomach cramps
are cramping up one's ability to think and
the child of the mother
has no idea how to teach these children
about the concept of art
when all the child can think about is
the jitters that can only be followed up
by vomit
or the one where mother has posed as St.Nick
the man who does things that really
no mortal can do
and yet she gets it done
for more years than one can count
well not really because thankfully this mother
also taught you to count to 100
that skill you take for granted
the abstract understanding you only understand
because she sat beside you and with out any hair pulling
at least not in your sight
sat beside you on that couch and heard out all your
confusions
all your misunderstandings
like the time you just couldn't get how two towers
that once stood tall like twins
could come down simply because of this worlds hate
and she cries as she tells you of that hate
teaching you a skill you will utilize even more than counting
the ability to mourn the satan
to mourn the things that stand against God itself.
And isn't that the weirdest thing
that one can dehumanize
the first person to teach one about
the greatest human being there ever was.
the human which with any grace
one will follow
though without much grace
cause one is a klutz
and will stumble
the greatest stumble being the beginning of this thing
the dehumanization
of ones mother.
And when you join in the dehumanization
of anyone
as your mother again
*sigh*
has taught you
you join the side of that great adversary
the satan
the one your mother taught you to mourn
so mourn
mourn
and then
then
maybe you will have the guts to acknowledge
that you do in fact need a savior
and that savior
well
it can't be your mother
because that weight you asked her to carry isn't hers to hold
that burden is not light
not easy
not hers
it is The Saviors
the one who deserves the distinction
of CAPITALIZATION
and he
that baby
delivered
by a mother much like your own
who also
labored
for love
grew into man
fought the adversary
and won
and he will carry his mother
he will carry yours
he will
carry you
into his arms.
and then you will truly see
the beauty of your mothers
your own mothers
humanity.
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