Vindicated for all
the harms
the inconsistencies
the pain
the inequity
the abuse
the loneliness
the confusion…
Vindicated for all the human
words
and fists
and intimidation
and degradation…
Vindicated,
I finally was,
as the velvety red and pink and deep rosy blanket of clouds
that paved the sky with Saturday evening’s sunset
showed me the way home.