Sankofa
SANKOFA
I am a daughter of the past.
All sixty-five inches run deep
balancing the rising line of English arches
I am a rainbow touching souls
Family who has gone before
I touch their names and marvel
They, too, were of dust and grew.
I fly in the world on wings of love
landing as butterfly on Lilac
leaving soft aroma for descendants.
@2011 -Evelyn Pearl (Carpenter) Anderson
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