[Pacificcbidnetwork] [Ipwd-network] I Am a Widow - Poem

[Caleb Nellie]

Thanks Solo for sharing this

*Nelly Caleb*

*National Coordinator| Vanuatu Disability Promotion & Advocacy Association
(VDPA)*

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On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 11:23 AM Soloveni Vitoso <
infor at pacificdisability.org> wrote:

> I AM A WIDOW
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> I am a widow, but I am still ME.
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> Of course, I mourn; and I shed tears.
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> But, to carry on alone, I deserve dignity.
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> I want respect, compassion, not your fears.
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> I may be old; I may be young,
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> With others in my care.
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> Stop your rituals and your hurt.
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> Respect for widows is only fair.
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> So many widows share my fate.
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> We are enduring, sustainable, bold.
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> Give us kindness; stop your hate
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> We persevere, with strengths untold.
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> I must survive, so understand.
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> Poverty may lure, discrimination as well.
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> Rural, urban, refugee, or displaced,
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> Our numbers grow, our challenges swell.
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> My memories are dear, the future uncertain,
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> Yet many reject me, judge me, too.
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> But married sisters, only a heartbeat
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> Makes me a widow, and not you!
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