The Healers
By Leslé Honoré
Healing is bravery
Touching the pain
Naming it
Acknowledging it
The How
The Why
The When
it happened
Is as important as
The scar
Healing is a verb
It is an action
It is work
When our bodies are injured
Our cells need time to
Heal
Repair
Reconstruct
So does
Our trauma
Generations deep
A wound
Covered by denial
By power
By white supremacy
Needs to exposed to the light
Needs to be supported
Needs allies in more than just name
The boots To the ground
Needs policy in place
New laws to protect
The silenced
Need to be heard
The truths
Need to be spoken
And so many of us
Need to listen
Listen without preparing
words to answer
Listen without defense
We will need to work
In more than theory
In more than action plans
But the equity of shoulder to shoulder
Sweat
Of heart to heart vulnerability
Of soul to soul transparency
supporting each other as we grow
New cells of hope
New skins of kinship
We can do the labor
To be reborn
A new people
with new hearts and minds
We are brave enough
To do this work
To heal
Together
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