When we meet
our deep
brown eyes
mirror a
mutual need
for light
to penetrate
human darkness.
– Your eyes are
wary and fearful;
Mine hunger
for your touch.
I cry out softly
“Don’t be afraid…
I love you”.
We share
a haunted skin –
hunted down
by Difference.
You are slaughtered
by men with guns.
I am knifed by wounding
man words,
– boy threats,
a ‘gift’ of a still warm
grouse – her neck twisted
and broken – dropped
at my door.
There are so many ways
to kill an animal.
You have shiny black fur
and my skin is light
but our senses scream
as One in torment –
our bodies feel
the earth moving
under our feet.
We have no place
left to go –
no hope of peace.
What’s left?
Courage to endure.
