Ancestral DNA

Photo Credit Christine Salkin (Famine Memorial, Dublin, Ireland)

I come from a line of strong women.
My DNA perseveres.
I carry in my body ancestral memories of pain and hunger,
courageous action and adventurous undertakings.
I hold in my cells the desperate desire for a better life.
I hold in my breaking heart the dream of a better world.

© Christine Salkin Davis, 2018


Originally published at www.focaildoachara.com.

Resistance Poetry

Verse as Commentary

Christine Salkin Davis

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I write a blog called "Focail do a Chara," a compilation of arts-based, poetic, and narrative thoughts on living and dying, caring and being.

Resistance Poetry

Verse as Commentary

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