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Familial lines stand sentinel
Etched into my palms
They are the product of centuries of an inheritance
Ancestors aligned in just the right manner
Genetic coding, compounding
Dictating the predictions of ensuring my existence
Their struggle, their sorrow, their privilage, and
Power - Oh what a power
This magic terrifies me, truthfully
For it is branded into my being
Ancestral wounds of colonization,
An abomination of realization that
I am here to do right where they did wrong, after all
I’ve got my songs; they’re written in my palms
Oh I’ve got things to do in this skin
These tasks I never asked for
A destiny I’ve known in bone ever since i learned to read the signs/lines
Skin peels over those lines that never fade
Read across the table from my mother’s empty teacup
When she navigates their topography
I wonder if she sees herself
If her father stretches across the ligaments of my fingers
A means of connection in my clumsiness
Sometimes I clench my fists
Make half-moon indentations
With unbitten fingernails
A testament to patience, or something
Harder
These feelings are fleeting, in their own way.
A destiny delayed, lying in wait,
An ever present awareness of an unknown fate
Half moons linger, but they fade too, in time

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from honey​-​tongued, released March 14, 2019

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Rowan Rain Ireland

rhythmic & intuitive
dark water, starlight

rooted in an ancient world of folkloric magics, haunting dream folk woven with threads of hypnotic melody, poetic lyrics, and soulful storytelling

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