Saturday, November 12, 2011

Feelings

It always sneaks up on me when I leave Taiji. It always happens like this. Alone with my own thoughts. I let my guard down for a split second and the emotions rush in. I've often wondered if there is something wrong with me, some defect in my emotions. I go through the motions in taiji always thinking, never feeling. I become numb. A slaughter, a dolphin free day, captivity. Taking photos, video, surrounded by passionate activists comforting one another and trying to find some comic relief in it all.

I've let my wall slip a few times. Telling the molesters and dolphin trainers exactly what I think of their
heartless actions. In these moments I sometimes feel as if I will explode with anger. Writing it all down helps.

It's not until i'm safely away from that hell hole that I start to remember. Beautiful creatures murdered for greed. Lives taken away in an instant by soulless killers. Lives taken away in a different manner by misguided trainers who think they love dolphins. Make no mistake, they now know that the blood is equally on their hands. There's no hiding from the truth. I start to imaghine what happens under those tarps. The fear, the pain, felt by families that are ripped apart. The blood. Their lives are no less important than our own. 20-25 intelligent and caring creatures were murdered in Taiji during my stay, an exact number we'll never know because it happens so quickly.

It's all I can to do hold myself together as I sit in the airport consumed with sadness and needing a release.

When will this all end?

For the Oceans,
Tarah

4 comments:

  1. Thank you for all that you do. You are so strong.

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  2. Sea Shepherd's and Cove Guardian's and Cove Monitor'S enjoys racism(hate speech) in Taiji.



    from Taiji,Japan

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  3. Cove Guardian's enjoys racism in Taiji.

    SSCS supporters celebrates Japan earthquake tsunami.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9jZV3P74Zk

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  4. awesome I put-off buying this for months,

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