"transgenerational" poems
flowers bloom unseen,
dolphins, at birth, swim;
elephants lived long and never forget;
butterflies’ epic round trip migration,
a transgenerational relay team.
unnecessary perfection is not;
futility is a most grievous flaw.
beauty baffles,
complexities confound;
constantly wonderful and amazing:
a language, alien to human wisdom,
secrets, inaccessible to knowledge.
a fantastic picture darkly perceived
shape and colour counts as comprehension.
but truths revealed to an innocent child.
May 15, 2019
May 15, 2019 at 5:43 AM UTC
trail of tears
paralyzing fears
ripped from the mother's womb
land destined to be taken to the tomb,
colonizers,
****** hands
take take take
stolen land
transgenerational trauma,
passed down,
sweet mama
sour whiskey
takes the edge off of reality
poverty
violence
erasure
history books won't tell
victims won't be around to tell
emily will never know
suppression
leads to the communities depression
anguish
languish
we love dream catchers
why can't we love the people who made them?
no reparations
no reservations
Jul 2, 2020
Jul 2, 2020 at 8:33 PM UTC