My Dearest
Brothers and Sisters;
These bitter-sweet tears
That you see
Flowing down
My face.
Are
In honour
Of your healing
And the ability
To celebrate
Your true self.
For too long
You have suffered
With the stigma
Of being Aboriginal
And LGBT+.
Of having
Your culture
And heritage
Destroyed.
In the racist belief
By doing so
We're advancing
You.
Casting you
Adrift
Without
A sense of self-worth
Or self-value.
Something
I can relate to
All too well.
As
I struggle
With the same fight.
Please accept
These words
I offer.
As a sign
That true healing
Can begin
For all of us.
Therisa © 2016
Author's note: As Attawapiskat, the northern Ontario community, has been struggling with mass suicide attempts, among its population, I felt, the need to share, this positive healing article, with the world. To read this article, please click on the link:
