Missing in Plain Sight (MMIW)

#Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women

Grandmother, 

Mother, 

Sister spirit... 

You scream

into the void

Of outsider perception

Unable to break

The silence....

of oppression.

“Righteous” men

Invade your sacred soils

claim it rightfully theirs

In the name of 

Supremacy....

once again.

Newly swollen (battered)

red, blue.... purple.... 

from “patriotic” conquests,

You loudly, desperately

Call for our help,

Hoping feminine bonds 

enough...to unite 

us.

Yet, your cries 

go unheard ...as invisible 

as your ancestors’ ... 

stollen voices 

Shouting into 

the winds 

of “progress.”

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