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The Poetic Word

Forgotten Ancestry

BY GLORIA O’KOYE

Kingdoms built on community richness,

Healing circles

Medicinal humans,

Have been undermined by the pages

Of sacrificed trees.

 

Earth’s lungs and Life bringers

In attempt to erase rich history off the

Minds of the younger generations.

The seeds of truth struggle to find its basic needs met by groups of masterminds.

 

Caging up thousands of years prosperity

Only showcasing the hundreds of droughts.

Oceans apart

As tidal waves reach peaks

Challenging human creation

Hides lands filled of healing

Of foods and fresh air.

 

The birthplace, Motherland,

Beginning of breath

And the final resting grounds

After the journey of revelations

Has completed its task.

 

Lifeforms hold memories and teachings

Well, yet humans have yet to comprehend.

Forgotten ancestry that wrote its values

Within each atom floating in space

As time continues to be spend.

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