The Red Hand Paint

The news avoids us

while we fight to save ourselves.

Women go missing

children give up on growing up.

 

Our voices like mouse squeaks

as we raise picket signs

“MMIW”.

 

Only to be overlooked

with misused references

by pop culture and influncers.

 

The red hand paint

is a homage to the

moms, daughters, sisters and wives

who were taken by force.

 

It’s symbol of grief

anger and a cry of help.

 

The nation turns away

as we plead with war cries in the night.

The media bans us

as we post our hearts

and tributes to our winged angles.

 

The red hand paint

is not a joke.

It’s a symbol

of a cold truth that no light is shed on.