unwilling
did we not deserve you
a gentle stroke through our hair
a hug or a few heartfelt words
did we not deserve your attention
a voice in your arena
political rights or representation
did you look into the future
and think they can do without
fresh water, the songs of a bird
did you try dear ancestors
and fail to your adversaries
or just relent and join the easy road
all these questions haunt my mind
as my family constellation remains a mess
unclear whether it is you or I unwilling to heal
did we not deserve you
a gentle stroke through our hair
a hug or a few heartfelt words
did we not deserve your attention
a voice in your arena
political rights or representation
did you look into the future
and think they can do without
fresh water, the songs of a bird
did you try dear ancestors
and fail to your adversaries
or just relent and join the easy road
all these questions haunt my mind
as my family constellation remains a mess
unclear whether it is you or I unwilling to heal
Notes
This poem builds on Roman Krznaric book The Good Ancestor and it investigates how a 7th generation person, experiencing all these global warming driven impacts on a daily basis, would come to peace, or not, with the ancestral inaction.
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This poem builds on Roman Krznaric book The Good Ancestor and it investigates how a 7th generation person, experiencing all these global warming driven impacts on a daily basis, would come to peace, or not, with the ancestral inaction.
Audiogram