#meadow rambles

Jonathan Sims with synesthesia. Yes, you could argue that feeling tired after reading statements is close enough, but I'm disregarding that for now.

Jonathan Sims who can taste what he's reading. The taste of berries as he reads about the sky eating people. Burnt rubber as he reads about running from abandoned churches, and the feeling of gravel slicing his mouth.

The smell of sawdust and rain, stinging his nostrils as he forces himself to read aloud.

Words jumping out of the page at him in vivid colours, and visions of shapes dancing across the walls. Burning in his fingertips and the feeling of bugs across his skin, bruising grips on his wrist.

Sure, he always feels like he's being watched. The tingle on the back of his neck and the ache in his head. The exhaustion seeping into his bones.

Ok so by that definition, a baby that's been born isn't a person. because they cannot survive on their own either. Or someone who needs assisted living. An elderly women on hospice isn't a person then because she cant spend her last days without help. Someone in a coma isn't a person because they cant survive without help, and they cant "do things that are associated with personhood".

A parasite is an organism that lives inside another, the host, typically causing harm. True parasitism is the relationship between two DIFFERENT species where one benefits at the expense of the host. A baby may need nutrients, but that doesn't make it a parasite. IF that were true, all children (born or otherwise) are parasites. because a baby continues "taking" from the mother for years. breastfeeding, other food, extracurricular activities, clothes.

In preparation for my market this Saturday! Im also working on a few others.

If it doesn't get sold at the market, this will be available for $40 :3

Although if it doesn't sell I might have to either keep it or make myself one.. I still have to iron it and add a dowel to hang it.. but.. ehhh details :P

Actually, no. Im 17. and Tumblr is basically my only connection to the outside world because my parents are assholes.

also as a survivor of molestation and incest, would you let 6 year old me die in childbirth and force me to carry a child that was made from rape and incest?

if i ever got pregnant and had to give birth, I would die because my body is not big enough plus other health issues. How is it pro life to force a mother to die, just to leave a baby orphaned IF the baby lives.

frankly, I would rather let a woman have an abortion then leave another child in the foster care system also.

i encourage you to do more research on these topics, and form your own opinion. abortions are life saving, and I hope you can at least agree on the fact they should be legal. i apologize if this seems like an attack, as I do not mean it that way. i am just sharing my personal experiences to show you the other side of this conversation. 

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Ok I originally wasn't going to answer this, because I don't wanna be attacked my my mutuals, but I've decided to fuck it. If we can't have different opinions on a matter then maybe we shouldn't be mutuals. Sorry guys.

I think we can both agree that rape/molestation are absolutely terrible awful things. I am also a victim of both. But that doesn't mean killing a human being is the answer.

And before you say "A fetus is just a clump of cells!" or "It's a parasite!" I am going to say: it is a clump of cells. but so are WE. Everything is made of cells at different stages of life. It may not be as advanced or grown yet, but that doesn't mean it isn't a person.

A parasite is an organism that is not the same species as the host. Newsflash: A baby is the same species as the adult human that is carrying them. So to say that because the child depends on the mother and cannot survive without help it isn't a human being with rights of their own? its sick.

I'm not saying I don't care about the life of the mother, far from it actually. What I am saying is that I value the life of both the mother and the baby, there are ways for both to survive, and resources the mother can use if the reason she wants an abortion is the inability to sustain themself and the child.

And if your body cannot handle carrying a child or you don't have the resources to raise one, DONT have sex. The simplest and most fool proof form of birth control is to just not do it. If it's a risk to both you and another life the best thing to do is avoid it.

I have formed my own opinion. I thought long and hard about the matter. Have you ever seen what they do to aborted babies that are further along? You should. It makes me absolutely sick that someone would do that to a baby.

I saw a post recently that said "We should abolish the death penalty! Serial rapists and child predators and murderers have rights too!" if we do that, then wouldn't we need to abolish abortion too? that's killing a human life. In fact, its killing a human who hasn't done anything other than simply exist :)

I cant force anyone to not have abortions. I cant force people to change their minds. and I'm okay with that. We can all exist with our different opinions. What I am not okay with is being attacked and berated and called names because I think something different. (not saying you did this anon, I'm thinking of some of my mutuals because I KNOW that when I hit post on this I'll get some backlash. and I am, quite frankly, not excited for it. So I'm going to say right now, Mutuals, if we cant have a civil conversation about the topic then go ahead and block me right now. Love you guys :3

I have an ask blog for my story too! I recently rebranded it! its @ask-the-reserve!!

Pls pls pls tell me people would actually read it..