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Lisa Danielle DeAbreu

Othered against time
Othered to place
To grasp a sense of connectivity
Secure a notion of “we've been here”
Though my feelings are my own
No one cares -why do you
I feel a burden of needing to know our history
Our story
to ground myself to an inkling
I have remnants in our photographs
Inklings in our family tree
Echos in dreams
secrets not repeated
Of our places and paths
We know much
But we don't share
We keep sealed
They let a bit leak out
But I need more
To piece it together
Who were we
Who I am
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