Obstropulous, not obstreperous
By Lee-Anne Ford
In 2015, Andra Day sang:
You’re broken down and tired
Of living life on a merry go round
And you can’t find the fighter
But I see it in you so we gonna walk it out
Michael Buble sang it, too, in 2013:
Close your eyes
Let me tell you all the reasons why
Think you’re one of a kind
Here’s to you
The one that always pulls us through
Always do what you gotta do
The inner-she says:
I see you, my warrior, my healer
I saw your energy split.
Warrior protecting healer
Healer healing warrior
Both aspects present in you as you fought
As you fought to protect us.
I saw, and cowered with you
Pinned to the floor by four
Vaccine with no consent
A child cannot assent
But you fought
I saw, and avoided with you
Forced into blood tests
Forced with no consent
Avoid now, pay later
But you fought
I saw, and panicked with you
Triggered, no help but yourself
Nowhere safe to collapse
Walking as you fainted, deaf and blind
But you fought
I saw, and grieved with you
As our love suffered the cruelty
The iniquitous cruelty of Huntington’s
Sixteen years of fighting and grieving
and the big grief of death
But you fought
I saw, and grieved with you
As you discovered our truth
The truth of our Autistic nature
The essence of us
Where trauma was rooted
But you fought
See me, my brave, stubborn one
The one who fights for us
See me, come home, come inside
Here is sanctuary, heart’s home
Rest here with me because sometimes
All you need is a heroine
As sung by Thirsty Merc, in 2015.
Every now and then, you come up for fresh air
Every now and then, you fall in the dirt
Yeah every now and then
You realise that you’re only a mortal man
Every now and then, you begin to suffer
Every now and then, you had about enough
Yeah every now and then
All you really need is a heroine
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