Sunday tea, 3 days to elections
The rumour went out this morning
‘They are about to ‘pick up’ particular ‘target’ people from civil society’
(for many have been speaking publically of their worries of rigging and corruption
and producing evidence and reports to back their claims)
and Sunday is a good day to make arrests as there is no court open to bring a complaint
And we look, again, at the power that fear can unleash on our energy
how one ‘reliable source of information’ can lead us away from our centers
years ago we responded to these threats by closing down
moving out of our homes/offices – our places of safety – taking refuge until normal life could resume
Today it feels different
a phone-tree between people is activated
the connections with webs already formed is alerted
we close the gates
(burn the Tamil cleansing smoke in the center of the herb spiral – if that calls to you)
make the tea
and watch the sun spread light into the Sunday garden