excavation

written by Anya Kaats

Cave art from Cueva de las Manos in Argentina. Circa 9,500 - 13,000 years ago.

might our bodies
be sick
and broken
from the
cyclical weight
of our mother’s
(and her mother’s)
trauma?

nearing the end
of a journey
all is revealed
as tangible matter
buried in flesh.

in a soft, yet
deafening whisper
you hear her,
the raging voice
of generations…

“the time is now,”
she says,
“i’ve chosen you
to do the digging.”