in my efforts to please him, I pushed
the hill of sand beside our tepee
neglecting
me
reluctance
is work
heels dragging in dirt
to please the man who wanted me to
love him more
I
forgot my voice
created from pg 49 of A Girl Named Truth, a memoir by Alethea Kehas
*A note on the title: Yellow is a reference to the 3rd chakra – where we house our inner power.
