how can i not be you?

how can i not be you,

my cherished ancestors

whose words and magic

flow like an ancient song
 in the blood

filling the tree of life
of my veins?

how can i not be you,

you who live on,
who I praise,
who I set a place at the table for.

sing with my voice.

i am the daughter of all my mothers
all the way back to beginning.

I am the many
who dance in the infinite Light.

how can i not be you,
my cherished ancestors?

how can I not be you?

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