avatarKallol Mazumdar

Summary

The text is a poignant reflection on survival, abuse, and societal injustice, through the lens of a protagonist who endures personal trauma and draws parallels to broader social issues.

Abstract

The narrative delves into the internal and external struggles of an individual facing abuse and societal oppression. It draws a parallel between personal survival and the Darwinian concept of the "survival of the fittest," questioning the morality of such a principle in a world rife with inequality and violence. The protagonist, having suffered at the hands of an abusive father and societal bullies, reaches a breaking point that leads to a violent confrontation. The piece also touches on the impact of colonialism, patriarchy, and the false bravado that perpetuates an unjust society. Through the act of writing, the author finds solace and a means to process and communicate their experiences, inviting readers to reflect on the cyclical nature of violence and the societal structures that perpetuate it.

Opinions

  • The author critiques the application of Darwin's "survival of the fittest" theory in human society, suggesting it can lead to justification of violence and abuse.
  • There is a strong opinion against the societal norms that allow for the perpetuation of violence, misogyny, and discrimination.
  • The narrative implies that the current societal structure is inherently unbalanced and that equality is more of a myth than a reality.
  • The protagonist's journey reflects on how personal trauma can be a catalyst for a deeper understanding of broader social injustices.
  • Writing is presented as a therapeutic tool for the author, a way to cope with and make sense of their experiences.
  • The text suggests that the cycle of violence and abuse can be broken, but not without significant personal cost and transformation.
  • The author expresses a desire for change and encourages readers to support their work, indicating a belief in the power of storytelling to enact social awareness and reform.

Words cannot come out of my mouth

The strong specimen survives while decimating the others

If what you do can change me, I will take it till I can.

Credits: Ján Jakub Naništa, Unsplash

The soil is stiff today, it has red marks spilt on it. The blood that dried, will it be replaced by my blood filling the earth today or Will it? Will I run again? It is a fight with the self we all play the necromantic game, if at all powers of that sort could stop the demons, witches, and haphazard fits alike. They did the same with Ron, he has autism, but he can blabber to bore them out. Is that what survival of the fittest is? If it is then who survives in a world of vile disgust, allowing mauling, killing, denigrating, duplicating and tearing a new one from your existing self? All hell cut loose when things boil like a volcano inside you having streaming molten lava inside, willing to burst its upper cover open and flow and char the so-called fits of today!

Credits: Alexandra Patrusheva, Pexels

I am cosmic,

How can I be human?

If at all I am, then I have to fall in line.

As Darwin’s theory postulates only the fittest survive,

In this game of snakes and ladders. do we have ladders? The bottom barrel,

suffers from the same

incompetency in varied typologies of existence,

classed as a snake and with no ladders, as the bottom-down class ends,

The bell rings, the faces show up, the hunt begins, and then the penchant,

storms look eastwards,

In the west, the wind sails the land grabbers on the shores of,

unwelcoming hostile people, swap and scrub the offshoots,

Their diseases were enough to wipe out and decimate healthy man and children.

Credits: Oliver Hihn, Unsplash

All die, is life and living, a monopoly of few, designs duplicitous merit, and the group of thugs grace the playground.

I run, run and run for my life; Jumping Valleys, rivers, and mountains like Forrest, and then jumping into a dark abyss, in an unending vacuum.

Being sucked inside the vortex of the earth falling on the crust and jumping to the seas of sky abode.

All fall and stylize, like many things outwardly, My hairs are caught, dragged by two hands.

And kicks and punches all fall everywhere, digging myself inside the already depressed dry rough mud pits.

In splits I see many people behind me, all in line waiting to have their way with me.

In all forms of exploitation and beating, to feed their vague alpha terrain and misogyny,

A theory propagated that is false, duplicacy theorizing bravery, is inept and empty in itself as an idea,

All the men with batons and sticks with barbed wire suddenly vanished and there was one, which was my father.

My mother’s tears did a number on me, and I had to take up that brick and beat him till he bled profusely,

All levels and terrains of violence seeped within, all of it came out like flowing lava much like a volcano edging to release heat and black smoke.

This is what theories of Darwin do to you, it kills you or makes you an unapologetic killer with blood on your hands.

Cosmic Context: This is a prose/poetic musing in the form of a story that talks about parental abuse, it depicts a wild father that beats his son and his mother. The son whose confidence is entirely shattered and broken gets bullied in school, Through all these experiences, he was churning, till one day it got to him and took a brick and hit his biological father striking his father's face again and again till all of it gets disfigured. Throughout his abuse episodes, he in his mind-space makes connections about social injustice, violence, colonialism, and patriarchy among other things that show the violent people dictating and perpetuating an unbalanced society where equality is a myth. He is fascinated by Darwinian’s theory of ‘survival of the fittest’ and applies it in real-life conditions.

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Writing has always been my muse and Medium is redefining my own style for me. I hope if you liked my story, you won’t mind buying a book to drop in my kitty, this keeps me going. Here is the link. And thanks regardless for your amazing and quintessential reads. It matters, and means a lot!

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