Forgetting is denial. Denial has consequences. I know this intimately because I was raised by terribly wounded parents who perpetrated their wounding on us — my sister and me. It took me years to fully acknowledge the anger and depressive feelings I experienced.

My father was incensed that our friend and neighbor who worked for the US Post Office made almost as much money as my father an mid-level manager for one of the Baby Bells (Ma Bell — phone co.) he said that intellectual work was much more valuable than manual labor. I told him he was an elitist snob and he grunted.

I was hungry for truth. When the truth emerged from my brokenness I wanted to deny it. The truth broke my heart. My heart is still broken and on the mend.

I believe The Hague or an agency like The Hague desperately needs be be employed to prosecute these high crimes against humanity. If we can choose to apply a fierce love to ourselves individually and as a large community we can expose the wounding that have been fostered by Trump and his enablers.

He must be prosecuted for his in-humanity and high crimes to others. To not even make the attempt is to remain morally vacant and give permission for these crimes to happen again.

I read your piece aloud, Umair and found myself weeping at the hurt perpetrated by power-possessors who by their actions have treated minorities, women, and the poor as sub-human.