Demian Yumei
Demian Yumei, author, singer/songwriter and artist activist, using spoken, written word and original songs in her human rights activism. Demian is a traveler on the healing journey with a lifelong love affair with the creative process.
I am SO excited to share that I’ve taken the plunge, and am in the process of moving my writings to my Substack puplication, Silent No More, a newsletter addressing gaslighting, grooming, narcissistic abuse, and emotional exploitation. Of course, the focus will be on healing from these, and other forms, of manipulative and sexual abuse. […]
Wonton spoon: Warmth, mom, cold snowy days, steam wafting up from the bowl to greet the nose of hungry, happy children. Playing outside, the crunch of snow between our eager mittened hands pressing it into mischievous ball shape. Sharp air inhaled into warm lungs, the shock of it startling, delighting me. I’m alive! I exist! […]
Photo by Amy Treasure What’s the worst thing that happened to me? Can I say abuse, betrayal of trust, sexual violence, ravaged childhood? Was it my brother’s descent into insanity, my mother’s psychosis, my father’s predator entitlement? God not answering my prayers? That I needed to pray, at all… like that? Was it the […]
Originally written on 7/3/2020, revised and updated 2/23/23. Desecration Tonight, my heart is breaking as I think of the desecration of the Black Hills, yet again, specifically the mountain that non-Indigenous people call, “Mt Rushmore”. The assault against this sacred mountain this time is in the form of massive numbers of people, fireworks and Trump, […]
More and more it seems that mountain is getting steeper and steeper, and life is just sliding backwards, our reality, our progress, even our minds. What’s alarming is not just the reoccurring tragedies of mass shootings in the United States, the threat of fascism, violence, assaults against progressive rights and the environment but the impact […]
When America is Great we stand up for something greater than ourselves When America is Great people remember the value of every human being When American is Great People and the Planet before Profit! is our motto When America is Great humankind values quality of life over quantity of things When America is Great compassion […]
We Saw It Coming The writing has been on the wall for quite a while. And yet, when Roe v. Wade was overturned, it hit so many of us like a brick, the shock of it as if it came out of the blue. Maybe not because we didn’t see the signs, but because we […]
“Something More” Lyric, Melody and Vocals by Demian Yumei Composition and Arrangement by Stacey Young In that magic hour when the sun bends low Kissing the horizon, a touch of liquid gold Every tree a shimmer waiting for the night And the rising of the first star still hidden out of sight. Something more Deep […]
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