I live in a banished place.
I wander the frozen tundra,
Weary and alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The legacy of being silenced
Is the yearning for a voice…
To be seen and heard.
The legacy of neglect
Is the yearning for connection.
The legacy of yearning
Is rejection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tundra
Is a desolate place
On a cold winter day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is no place to hide.
The exposure is life-threatening.
Every creature, save the hunter
Scurries from me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So desperate am I
To share my soul,
For a moment
I even consider the hunter’s eyes
A place I might find connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the only eyes
Which connect with mine
Are two holes
At the end of a rifle,
Pointed at the wise place
Between my own eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I drop my gaze
And once again give up
That moment of “maybe”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have but one spurt in me
To avoid this murder.
And once again, I manage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the second the fear
Of domination-by-death recedes,
Loneliness and sorrow,
Sweep across the tundra of my heart,
As if the Arctic Ocean has come
To meet me where I stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I am left only…
With wisdom born of sorrow…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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