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Antonia Malchik's avatar

I am ... wordless. Changed by this. Or reminded. This entire journey -- all I can say is thank you. I have no doubt that your ancestors had beckonings and portals. Even in a life that has been orphaned from that connection, I don't believe it is ever entirely lost. I have had some conversations with Earth and Water where I live ...

And oh my goodness, THAT POEM.

(I want an emoji like that heart-on-fire emoji but a heart-in-water emoji 🩵)

Swarnali Mukherjee's avatar

Haha me too Nia… petitioning for heart in water emoji 💙

Your own stories and connection to both the lost ancestral world and current ones, and its many elemental forces has saved me Nia, just like how the Khasi world did. I am so privileged to be have friends like you, for reminding me of another way of life, for inducting me back into life, for pulling me away from the depths of such irrevocable loss. 💙🌧️🧚🏞️