Family grounds

I have taken my time to feel excluded
Thinking it was all mine
It was my father who had been shut out
Of his own bloodline

No thread to hold on to
No line to hold
No elder to turn to
It just turned cold

Overwhelming grief
Holds the bounds
Of what ones were
Common family grounds

To reconnect
Means to disconnect
With the believe
I need to correct

To feel the grief
Hold its presence
Heat it up
Distil its essence

And acknowledge myself
Take my part
Focus on the present
And open my heart

For the present is the portal
Between the past and the future
The space to reconcile and realign 
With Myself, family and culture

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