Roots
He’s
been tracing his tree;
thinks
finding this missing link
is
like winning the lottery,
hitting the jackpot.
He’s
tracked town records and ancient papers,
found numerous greats
in a number of places
(during multiple major
events). Can document them
(names, dates, births,
weddings, deaths)
over
a dozen generations, while I
can
barely see past three.
Still,
we know more.
Our
DNA proclaims us cousins.
All
we humans – along with wildlife & creatures:
beasts
& bugs, shrubs, flowers & trees
(mayflowers,
bleeding hearts, redwoods,
wolves,
apes & honeybees)
are
children of one mother.
Everyone
I know and all the friends
I’ve
yet to meet.
If
you can’t see eye to eye
with
your relatives nearby
befriend
a distant cousin.
Family
is wherever you find it.
PSC/2014-Apr
Written for 2014 April PAD Challenge: Day 20 – A family poem:
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