I am alchemizing my ancestry.
I am called to rise above
the DNA
that spans a broken lineage
of weaponized wounds.
I found myself swimming in their ocean
but I am called to rise above.
Even when the waves crash in succession,
like they did on those before me.
Even when they come down harder than before–
I am called to rise above.
This is how you alchemize the ancestry that chained
your mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers,
and the greats before them.
I am alchemizing my ancestry.
I am called to rise above.
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