Yesterday my attorney once again reminded me
Legal battles are not fought to win

They invite us to not lose any more than we already have,
now that the battle lines are so toxically
traumatically
dissociatively
protagonist v antagonist
drawn

And ready to plunge
and wound vital neuro-root systems

Designed for compassion
and pleasure;
not dispassion
and displeasure.

So, retributive justice systems
are not healthy or satisfying systems
when our goals include restoring peace.

Restoring inside and outside peace outcomes
engage restorative mediation

cooperative co-investment
in stopping chronic trauma

To restart freedom to forgive
myself v Other
for what went dis-relationally wrong,
to reduce future risky triggers

And freedom to re-member
re-connect
re-associate
myself and Other
for what went co-intelligently right,
to seduce future peace
and passion
and pleasure opportunities
in NonOthering pastures.

As it is for the individual goose,
so may it be for the uncivil partisan gander,
Right v Left
chronic polarizing retribution dander

Does not constitutionally protect
depolarizing restorative justice
for religiously peaceful non-slander

Because legal and moral
and ethical and religious battles
are not fought to win peace,
they merely invite civil-ians to not lose any more
democratic climate health remediation
than we already have.