When We Were Alone by David Alexander Robertson

Author:David Alexander Robertson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HighWater Press

When we were your age, at home in our community,

being with family was the most important thing.

We played with each other, did chores together, and

shared everything. But at the school I went to, far away

from home, they wouldn’t let us be together.

My brother and I were separated like day and night.

“Why were you and Nókomis separated?” I asked.

“They didn’t like when we were with family,” Nókom

said, “because when we were together we thought too

much of home.”

But sometimes in the winter, when we were alone,

and we were sure that nobody could see us, we

would find each other. We would take off our mitts,

and in the crisp, cold air we would hold hands so we

could be with each other.

And this made us happy.

“Now,” Nókom said as she reached over and

held my uncle’s hand, and mine, “I am always with

my family.”

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