Lived experience: Do I have the right to speak?

The suffering of those who do not suffer

A history of trauma

[Extract from Guernica by Picasso]

A young mother. A Spanish square.  A time of civil war. Walking with a babe in arms, she hears a whistling noise from above. It gets louder and louder, growing more ferocious with every passing metre. Moments later her life is changed forever. Boom. Just like that. She stands motionless trying to comp…