Yesterday
I walked alone
My head down
As I walked
Cloaked in shame
Ignorant to
who I was
And what I represented
Yesterday
I walked alone
I listened to the words
You will never amount
To anything
All because of my race,
The color of my skin
And the stereotypes
Instilled by those
Who thought they
Could kill us
By putting us down
Yesterday
I walked alone
My head down
As I walked
Cloaked in shame
I never realized
Until I started my journey
Of healing
And reclaiming myself
And the ways of my people
That the ghosts
Of my past
Would continue to walk
With me
Until I stood up
And told them
I will not take it
anymore
I am who I am
A First Nations woman
Proud of myself
And those before her
Who rose up against
Invisibility and oppression
Celebrated their ways
spoke their languages
and never forgot
who they were
and where they came from.
I am part of a nation
Who refuses
To be silenced.
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