Rain of the Ancestors

Rain of the Ancestors

flows in my veins

connecting me to the stars below

and the oceans above

Intertwined

and intermixed

Blood of the Descendants

flows through the seas

connecting them to the Ancestors before 

and to Kin who come after

Held

and holding

Exchanging who we are

for who we were

for who we will be

Learning from the past

Sending lessons to the future

Standing here

Now

Allowing myself to be a nexus

       a gathering point 

                           a conduit

Transforming

from then

through now

to future points beyond my sight

Reservoir

and Release 

Healing the Ancestors, Blessing the Descendants

Trauma of the Ancestors 

7 generations back,

my DNA was shaped,

turning on this marker,

switching off that one.

 

7 generations ago,

choices were made,

that subtly finessed, 

my anxieties.

7 generations previous,

options were weighed,

and paths followed,

leading to the complexity of me.

7 generations forward,

I place my experiences,

into the science project,

that will birth a new breed of human.

7 generations hence,

the paths I walk,

affect the flutter of happy,

that blossoms into full-fledged joy.

7 generations following,

I pass along what I know,

my strengths, my flaws, 

my hopes, and dreams reach culmination.

I envision,

the healing of the trauma of the ancestors

to flow through me and

ignite in the DNA of my descendants.