when I walk or drive by these flags
they are always telling me a story
some days, when the wind is still
they scroll straight down
a colourful curl beside a silver pole
but today, on the first ever
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
September 30th, 2021
I am driving by the
All Nations Healing Hospital
and I step on the breaks
because I see a new flag
every child matters
waving orange promise in the wind
I park my husband's truck
on the edge of the grassy ditch
run across the road
and conduct a photo shoot
the flags floating, falling, fluttering
with so much to say
I am nearly blinded with listening
my eyes gazing into the sun
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