What did Tashi do?
They will see your bruises,
the broken bones,
the scars all over your fair skin,
and even then, they will say
that somehow, in some twisted, inhuman way,
all of it was your fault.
Don’t believe them.
You are the one who lived through it.
They didn’t.
It is easy to criticise a home
someone else has built.
It is crushing
to put your blood and sweat
into building one,
watch it die in front of your eyes,
and still, bring out courage from the depths of your soul-