Tara Shannon
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Rabbit & Bear, Author/Illustrator, AuDHD, cancer Survivor, Mental Health Advocate, lover of food, whiskey, wine, bonfires & moonlit starry skies ❤ She/Her 🇨🇦☘️🐇🐻‍❄️✨️
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Cute. But no. He's blowing smoke up his ass.
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“Why do they try so hard to distract us?” asked Rabbit.
“Because if we stay focused,” said Bear, “they lose.”

©️Tara Shannon
#RabbitAndBear
Illustration of Rabbit and Bear sitting together in the forest beneath a crescent moon and starry sky. Bear holds a glowing lantern, casting light in the dark. Surrounded by tall trees, Rabbit asks,
“Why do they try so hard to distract us?”
“Because if we stay focused,” said Bear, “they lose.”
©️Tara Shannon
#RabbitAndBear
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Just three days shy of being 5 months post–double mastectomy with DIEP/TRAM flap reconstruction…
and I’ve officially graduated from physio!!! ❤️💪🎉
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Because we are the power.
Remember that.
Know that.

We always were.

©️Tara Shannon, 2025
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We rise—
not in whispers,
but in thunder.
Not in fear,
but in f!re.
The kind that scorches the rot,
clears the ground,
and makes way
for something better.
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And you.
And I.
We do not flinch -- We. Do. Not. Flinch.
We do not kneel.
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Let the monsters
drown in their own reflections.
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Let the leopards
do lunch with their faces.
Let them feel
the teeth of the chaos
they once aimed outward.
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And the towers they built?
Cracking.
Collapsing.
Caving in
under the weight of every name
they tried to erase.
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It rises
from the lies they lit themselves.
Their own tongues betray them.
Their own shadows scream.
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Where there's smoke,
there's f!re—
and the smoke spells their names.
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But the silence is shattered.
And the *f ! r e* is here.
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They built a system
on our backs—
on silence,
on obedience,
on apathy,
on the trembling hope
that someone else would speak first.
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Let me be clear:
this is not about comforting monsters.
This is about truth—
raw, relentless,
louder than ever.
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Welcome
to those whose eyes are finally open.
Yes, it burns.
Truth often does,
once it's free.
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They’ve been found out.
Their secrets aren't buried—
they're blooming now:
foul and brazen
in the light of day.
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Let Me Be Clear

This is not about their hurt feelings.
Not about their panic—
now that the curtain's down
and the rot is visible.
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Okay, I figured it out… all the world is a stage, and some fool said 'Macbeth' out loud. Who was it? Own up before another lighting rig falls!
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If you're reading this, whoever you are & whatever you're doing to try to make this world better, whether it's calling, protesting, providing mutual aid, making art, raising awareness, training & teaching people new concepts & skills, journalism, surviving through it all, or whatever else: thank you
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“I came back to find you,” said Rabbit, to their younger self. “Everything is going to be okay. You think it’s all your fault… but it’s not.”

© Tara Shannon, 2021
This black-and-white sketch shows Rabbit sitting with one arm gently wrapped around a faded outline of their younger self. It's a quiet, comforting moment of self-acceptance and healing.

The handwritten dialogue reads:

“I came back to find you,” said Rabbit, to their younger self. “Everything is going to be okay. You think it’s all your fault… but it’s not.”

© Tara Shannon, 2021

#RabbitAndBear #InnerChildHealing #SelfCompassion