The Ebbs and Flows of Battle
A letter to all activists, organizers, lovers, dreamers, fighters, and all those championing a better world.
A timely letter to activists, organizers, dreamers, fighters, and all those who are championing a better world | 11.20.2021
There is an ebb and flow to battle
The pendulum swings back and forth
If you are defeated at one time and one situation
You will be victorious in a different time and different situation,
If you are clever enough.
Both your strengths and your weaknesses
Differ greatly from those of your enemy
Know that a battle can be won
Before stepping foot on the battlefield
Through strategy.
Do you know what you are fighting for?
Do your actions match those of the future world your heart leads you to yearn for?
What you have the most control over is yourself,
And the influences the self makes through connection.
Imagine that world, and bring it in
Through embodiment, through relationships with others and the Earth
We are all connected, what happens to one happens to all
Nothing is without consequence
An action done through love or done through hate
Both have a powerful rippling effect
And make way for more of the same.
If you are called to fight, please do
Creatively
Cleverly
With your heart and mind as one
Connected to those of your comrades
And feeling the pulse of the environment you are in
Go slow
Don’t let rage or ego overtake you
Be smart
It is time to fight in a different way
Than before.
If you truly want to bring in your heart’s world, you will understand
We need to survive and to advance
Sacrifices will need to be made.
Not of our lives, but of the actions and inactions that uphold what must come down
Be it beliefs or material comforts.
There are times to stop, recalibrate, and regroup
No one person’s strategy is more vital than the other
But combined, we will figure out the ways
To sabotage
To poison
To inject venom in the veins
Of the arm of the state that chokes us all
Keep going
Dance with the ebbs and flows of this battle
Trust that you are here in this time for a reason
Look ahead and pull from the future, from the world you love and know exists, the strategies to get there
Don’t despair
You are love
You are courage
Embodied, feel it in your heart and let it push you
If nothing else, let your everyday actions
Bring the new world in
The interactions with yourself, with others, and with the Earth
Enveloped in love, appreciation, and reverence
And motivated by a burning desire for justice
Are more powerful than you know.
Soft waves along the shore
Eroding the sand more and more as each one crashes.
A tree branch under a certain amount of snow, made up of microscopic flakes
Is bound to break and fall from the weight
If the storm keeps going.
Little by little,
Keep going.
Every action matters.
For the branch to fall, each snowflake is needed
Every unique crystallization packed to form one force
We all have our purpose, our gifts, and our ways
In this fight
Keep going, but please
With the warnings and ways that you’ve just heard.
We must survive, and advance,
With love: courage: strategy: creativity: and each other.
What are you willing to give up to bring in the world your heart longs for?
Do you know what you are fighting for?
Do your actions match those of the future world your heart leads you to yearn for?
It is time to fight in a different way than before.
About the Creator
Venus Nocturne
Psychic, Medium, Energy Worker. Student of Jungian psychology, history, and mythology. Priestess of Inana. All gifts passed down from my ancestors and illuminated by my Gods.



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