FROZEN

Bends to pick up a newspaper from the floor

Eyes drawn to the headline

“Indigenous Girl Found Frozen on the Road”

Lump form in throat, looking at the photograph

The young indigenous woman

Her body discarded in a back alley

Once vibrant and beautiful face was now distorted

Long black hair matted with blood.

Quickly crumples newspaper

not wanting to dwell on the harsh reality

Another taken too soon by senseless violence

Freedom cut short

But her memory would be a Frozen

Like a chunk of ice in time

A powerful force for change

The fight for justice for Indigenous women