„Us“ in terms of „Them“
She believes there is a difference between what goes on the outside and what goes inside.
‘Them’ towards ‘Us’ (*by the way, a poem below has it’s original author):
That’s not the conflict
That’s stealing the languages
Cultures
Territories of other countries
That’s not a conflict.
That’s stealing futures
Pasts
That’s not the conflict
That’s stealing peace,
Safety
Lives of people
That is not a conflict
That is the weight of guilt
That we are going to feel whole our life
‘Us’ may associate ‘Them’ with threat to it’s emotional and geographical well-being, and ‘They’ may keep saving the identity of the empire. Nevertheless, she believes a border between the ‘executor’ and ‘victim’ is flexible.
‘We’ is sitting in one of the cottage bedrooms. ‘They’ handles their class in a living room of ‘Us’. ‘They’ has been supposed to finish an hour ago. But ‘They’ is still here. It’s cold outside, and ‘We’ really needs to get into the living room to make some tea. ‘We’ starts feeling oppressed. It reminds ‘Us’ all how ‘They’ treats an idea of territorial rights of others.
A girl of ‘Us’ holds a girl of ‘Them’ who is crying. She approaches her with her arms open, tells her kindly and respectfully that she’s wonderful and she doesn’t need to feel gilty any more. She hugs her tightly. She promises to be there if she needs her, and suddenly, she accepts ‘Us’ in herself with all her heart.

Oksana Lebedivna
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