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How do we honor our ancestors while forging our own path?
INHERITANCE
A part of me still returns
to rest in the shadows of ancestors,
to scoop up a pail of
their essence,
their memories,
their values,
their love.
Still, I cannot stay.
I must keep walking.
Forging my own path.
I will use their sacred seeds
to plant a new garden,
uniquely mine.
But before I leave them
to stretch toward horizons
they could not see,
I bow to their sacrifices
and carry their stories in my pocket.