This Grief

-------This Grief-------

I long 

for the courage 

to hold this grief.

To lift it 

above the walls 

of my inheritance.

Above the sadness 

which, 

for generations, 

Has grown

unattended 

into shame.

I long 

to listen,

and look 

Into the eyes

of the Great Story 

that is unfolding,

Leaf by leaf

through the cracks 

in the Earth.

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