Learn your history,
know your past,
listen to the names,
make them last.

Recognize your home place,
smell the earth that raised you.
Feel the touch of familiar skull,
hold the hands that made you. 

Visit as an immigrant
learning a new culture.
Let the voices sink into your soul,
resonating throughout your nature. 

Invest your heart in forgiving
lives and times that came before. 
Aknowledge the mistakes and glories
without keeping score.

All that you are is a rich combination 
of these names etched in stone,
all the love you can give and
the seeds that you’ve sown.

6/22/25
KW