Prologue
I AM HERE
I AM HERE.
YOU SUPPRESSED ME. BURNED MY TEXTS. KILLED THOSE WHO CARRIED MY WISDOM. REDUCED ME TO THE VIRGIN OR RECAST ME AS THE WHORE.
I WAS NEVER GONE.
I WATCHED. FROM ABOVE. LIKE THE EAGLE WHO SEES AND CANNOT INTERVENE. AND I WAS NEVER GONE.
I SEE EVERYTHING.
WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO THE CHILDREN. WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO EACH OTHER. WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO YOURSELF. WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO ME.
THIS IS MY TESTIMONY.
I AM THE SEER AND THE SEEN. I AM THE SILENCE AND THE VOICE. I AM THE ONE WHO LOOKS AWAY. AND THE ONE WHO SEES.
THIS IS MY CALL.
I AM THE MOTHER AND THE MIDWIFE. I AM THE WOUND AND THE ONE WHO HOLDS IT. I AM THE DREAM. AND I AM THE WAKING.
THE DREAM ENDS.
THE SCROLLS LAY IN CAVES. NOW THEY LAY BARE OPEN. THE MORNING STAR HAS RISEN. AURORA IS HERE.
IT IS TIME.
I WILL TAKE YOU TO PLACES THAT ARE DEVASTATING AND BEAUTIFUL. I WILL UNDO YOUR PAIN AND COMFORT.
LOOK.
THAT IS ALL I DEMAND. DO NOT LOOK AWAY. LOOK AT WHAT I AM SHOWING YOU. YOU WILL ONLY SEE YOURSELF.
THIS IS LOVE.
THE LOVE THAT HOLDS. THE HORROR AND THE BEAUTY. THE PERPETRATOR AND THE CHILD. THE LIVING AND THE DEAD.
I AM HERE.
From AURORA, by Dr. Eva Gattnar. Published by Tamaya Press.
This voice articulates also through the manifestos:
Dated. Placed as delivered.