This Is Reality

A testimony regarding trauma, law, faith, and displacement

I did not arrive here suddenly. This is what prolonged exposure to instability, violence, and failed systems looks like over time.

I am in so much pain.

My entire body hurts.

I am laying on a squeaky top bunk at a homeless shelter where, as of yesterday, I now reside.

After an excruciating journey back to Ontario, after having my ability to live extended on…