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My Country Broke My Heart

highway of tears from coast to coast to coast *The Highway Of Tears is a 724km stretch of highway in British Columbia, Canada, where countless women (mostly indigenous) have disappeared or been found murdered.

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Kim Rodrigues

Date: 6/11/2019 9:37:00 AM

All so awful! All too many evil beings out there...I won’t even sat human.

Timothy Mcguire

Date: 6/10/2019 11:12:00 PM

Great Poem! the people of my country break my heart every day. We never learn from history.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/11/2019 8:10:00 AM

I think I am so affected by this because it is history in my life time. This and the residential schools; I was still in school when they were finally disbanded, and I did not learn that in school. xomo

Jeff Connelly

Date: 6/10/2019 11:03:00 PM

Maureen I didn't know about this. I thought of the USA's disgrace of the " Trail of Tears"; also the treating of indigenous AMERICAN people. It is sad that both our countries share this thing.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/11/2019 8:07:00 AM

It has come to represent the nation wide tragedy, our primeminister just admitting to genocide. It is, so sad. xomo

Heidi Sands

Date: 6/10/2019 3:07:00 PM

Oh, so sad and mysterious. Well done :)

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/10/2019 8:20:00 PM

Thank you Heidi, xomo

Jan Allison

Date: 6/10/2019 9:47:00 AM

so few words say so much Mo, how sad:-( hugs Jan xx

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/10/2019 9:57:00 AM