Feb 8, 2021
To my ancestors
Dear ancestors, I’m so sorry about what the terrorists did to your monuments, how the foreigners tainted your legacy.
I’m sorry that your descendants are suffering the worst humanitarian crisis when you built us the greatest empires.
I’m sorry that your land was so rich, so healthy, wealthy, that greed had to destroy it.
It has gotten so bad that your history and marvel is forgotten, to be replaced by news of war...
It is time for me to come back to you, read what you wrote for us, discover who I am, who you were,
and when I do,
A new flame will be kindled, a new light a new spark.
#I have a goal to read as much about my history from the history’s sources and ask and learn from my family I want to honor my ancestors.#syria#lattakia#syrian history#history#ancient history#byzantium#cilicia#assyria#tigris#mesopotamia#queen zanobia#ancestors#poetry#prose#prose poetry#a letter to myself#a promise to myself#a promised country#armenia#sooria#the middle east#people of color#going back to my roots
