the seven sacred ways of healing
jaye simpson
/let it out/
faster than i can breathe,
my eyes strained, they
/you will never get to ask why/
/let it out/
intergenerational trauma
of pain kept in my body.
/tell them what they did/
/let it out/
my arms, Zhigaag takes
our screams synchronizing,
/they will know what it meant/
jaye is a libra sun, sagittarius rising, scorpio moon. jaye is a displaced indigenous person living, creating & occupying on xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-waututh), and sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) First Nations territories. they are a co-organizer of the Indigenous Brilliance reading series, a collaborative series between