Research Report for "Literacy for Women on the Streets" Capilano College – November 2003
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3.2. From Proposal to Reality

In 2001, no one realized how the increasing disappearances of Downtown Eastside sex-trade workers would finally be linked to the chilling evidence found at the Picton Farm in Port Coquitlam. Sereena Abbotsway wrote this poem for her missing sisters in the spring of 2001. By the next year, she too was missing and eventually her DNA was discovered at the Picton Farm.

 

In memories of my sisters

These years have passed
Since you all are gone
We all miss and love you

We all miss you deeply
When you all went missing
Each and every year

We all fought so hard to find you
But now it only slightly eases the pain
That not one of you have been found

You all were part of God's plan
He probably took most of you home
But he left us with an empty spot

But I know that some of you are in heaven
Looking down at us
But I know you are in heaven and at peace

But when the days are coming
To say good bye
It’s hard not to cry or laugh

We miss you women
And that's true
But they are great memories
Of you

In loving memory of
All the women missing
In the dtes
Sereena

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