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The Worst Thing That Happened to Me
Photo by Amy Treasure What’s the worst thing that happened to me? Can I say abuse, betrayal of trust, sexual violence, ravaged childhood? Was it my brother’s descent into insanity, my mother’s psychosis, my father’s predator entitlement? God not answering my prayers? That I needed to pray, at all… like that? Was it the […]

The Six Grandfathers
Originally written on 7/3/2020, revised and updated 2/23/23. Desecration Tonight, my heart is breaking as I think of the desecration of the Black Hills, yet again, specifically the mountain that non-Indigenous people call, “Mt Rushmore”. The assault against this sacred mountain this time is in the form of massive numbers of people, fireworks and Trump, […]

Activism–Is It Really Useless?
More and more it seems that mountain is getting steeper and steeper, and life is just sliding backwards, our reality, our progress, even our minds. What’s alarming is not just the reoccurring tragedies of mass shootings in the United States, the threat of fascism, violence, assaults against progressive rights and the environment but the impact […]

We Saw It Coming. Now What?
We Saw It Coming The writing has been on the wall for quite a while. And yet, when Roe v. Wade was overturned, it hit so many of us like a brick, the shock of it as if it came out of the blue. Maybe not because we didn’t see the signs, but because we […]

Intergenerational Trauma
I used to think my mother’s story was time and culture specific, and most certainly in relation to America, a unique experience. But I was wrong. I’m beginning to understand not only how much a part her society played in her trauma, but how widespread the practice of sacrificing children for an agenda is in […]

What is the Healing Journey?
[updated 7/01/20] What do I mean when I say, the healing journey? A journey takes us from “here” to “there”. On a healing journey, “there”, is a state of being, arising from growth and change that allows us to live our lives as authentically and consciously as possible. Now, what that looks like and how […]
Song, Story & Poetry

When America Is Great: A Poem
When America is Great we stand up for something greater than ourselves When America is Great people remember the value of every human being When American is Great People and the Planet before Profit! is our motto When America is Great humankind values quality of life over quantity of things When America is Great compassion […]

Something More: Song and Lyric
“Something More” Lyric, Melody and Vocals by Demian Yumei Composition and Arrangement by Stacey Young In that magic hour when the sun bends low Kissing the horizon, a touch of liquid gold Every tree a shimmer waiting for the night And the rising of the first star still hidden out of sight. Something more Deep […]

Brewing
Sweltering heat Stifling Labored breathing Pressure mounting in my head in the skies Until exploding like the pounding in my temples Thunder crashing Winds hurling temperatures head over heels downward Swaying trees sweeping the skies Sounds like the sea soothing to my soul Temporary reprieve from the heat wave Relief will come if we survive […]

Shiny Leaves
Shiny leaves wet from rain ask me why I try to dodge opportunities from serendipitous skies that fall to water my thirsty roots ~ demian

Communion
The wind is fierce Planted in the ground among the swaying my branches reach to sky and racing clouds and falling rain With sisters and brothers dancing ecstasy and reverence hair and leaf fingers and branches leaning back and forward side to side circling round erratic in sync The wet on my face not rain […]

Anywhere I Please
Anywhere I Please © Demian Yumei Do I wear my heart on my sleeve? Damn straight I do. Betrayed, crushed and used from early childhood on, I can wear my heart anywhere I damn well please. If my father could wear my heart on the sole of his shoe, if the world can close its […]
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