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And then I have one on my
phone that I wrote for my son.

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I have a photo of him in there,
in the art gallery so you

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know who I'm talking about.

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But I took a vow
since he passed away

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to basically not let
opportunities pass me

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by anymore.

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Because going through a
lot in my younger years,

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in my 20s and 30s, like I was
going through a lot and going

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through depression.

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And it was kind of
hard for me to step out

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of that, that dark spot.

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And I probably wouldn't
even be here today saying

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what I'm saying or reading
these poems to you.

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But I just know that there's
a lot of young people

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that are hurting.

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Even our elders
and adults that are

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going through things right now.

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And it's really hard to hold on.

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But I just wanted to set
an example for my children,

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to let them know, like, it's OK
to step out of your comfort zone

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and it's OK to speak up.

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It's OK to express yourself.

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Because for a long time,
these were like poems

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that I kept to myself.

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I didn't share them with people.

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So this is for my son.

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As I sit with this smoke,
this medicine and prayer,

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I think of you.

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I trace your
footsteps in this life

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all the way back
to the ancestors.

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Our spirit roams the
mountains, the rivers, the sky.

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Your heart beat still heard like
a wave of wind across the land.

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Your wounds no longer exist.

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Your cry and now echoes of
laughter among the old ones.

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The Kekel you had yet to
meet have welcomed you.

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Tales of the past spoken
in our O'odham tongue.

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You now understand and
speak the language.

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Your hair that you had
been trying to grow now

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flows long and thick.

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Your strength is a force.

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We can feel it from
the spirit realm

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to where I sit writing
this poem in your honor.

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I will speak your name.

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Dam Ka:cim Hau:pul.

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Joaquin, my son.

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You are OK now, at peace.

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With the smile,
with the destination

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we didn't understand at first.

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Maybe I'll never know
the details, but one day,

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You'll tell me of your journey
and I'll tell you about mine.

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Until we meet again,
remember, we love you.

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We will speak your
name often and make

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sure no one forgets you.

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