Right there in his hands
He’d held the light, finally
Rescue imminent
“RISE”, love cried loudly
“Please don’t shout so”, he bemoaned
I’ll just fall down
Swampy Sirens crooned
Songs full of stale, trite intrigue
Their shadows now home
Angels cried, “Silence!”
“Hush all those false noises, shh.”
It’s up to you now
RL
Photo credit: New Hope, by DaXXe. Thanks, DaXXe.
He was a little less oblivious than she believed. He’d feel it now, without seeing anymore, how her expression would change from the melancholic stare out at the water while she washed dishes or while they were out on the sand and she casually sifted it through her fingers to pick out shells or sea glass for photo projects or perhaps something poetic. Yes, he knew she was already gone across oceans.
He’d known for some time, watching as she drifted into her dreamscapes within the screen, feeling the sweet release of understanding from him – the other hims.
He knew all about her yearning explorations, racing off from the edge of her keyboard to faraway places of sand-groping windstorms. He knew that she whispered with them all about his limitations, searching for commiseration and to be desired at the same time. Daring and challenging any of them to be her answer. She loves him, but…
Yes, Davis knew all about her whole other world and he knew it would only be a matter of time before he told her he knew. It was only a matter of time. He loved her, but…
RL
Hallow’s Eve beckons
All hearts hiding in the dark
“Run”, it screams, “To light”
RL
The REDress project, created by Anishnaabe/Finnish artist Jaime Black, highlights the issue of the missing & murdered Indigenous women in Canada.
October 4th is a day to honor the lives of over 4,000 Indigenous women tragically taken from their loved ones. It is also a day meant to raise awareness about the ongoing violence, at significantly higher rates toward Indigenous women and girls than any other demographic in Canada.
This effort was started by the Sisters In Spirit Vigil (SIS) organization and the Native Women’s Resource Centre in Toronto nine years ago, and includes support services for the family members of the missing and murdered women (#MMIW).
The group began in answer to the lack of resources through any government services and the continuing lack of public response on any meaningful scale.
Current Prime Minister, Stephen Harper outraged many when he said in an interview on the CBC last December, that looking into this issue, particularly with a national inquiry was “not high on his government’s radar”. To date, despite a later outright denial of what he said in that recorded video, his government has continued to do nothing about the issue.
In response, artist Jaime Black chose to highlight the issue with her project designed to represent the women with red dresses in a photo display that is being shown in various galleries across the country. In various interviews she said she would like people to hang their own red dresses wherever in their community or wear one on October 4th in solidarity for the women and their families.
The public can also participate in the honoring by attending various candlelight vigils in various cities and/or with a virtual candle online project: http://www.october4th.ca/
RL
Please see Jaime’s full story at http://www.redressproject.org
For more information about the Sisters in Spirit group, see: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/giving-life/community-happenings/sisters-in-spirit-honouring-the-lives-of-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women/
I used to wear red
For those days of look at me
But now, red wears me
RL
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