Becharre, Lebanon

(For my sisters who’ve been back to our ancestral village.)

Ancestors, we have come to say hello.

Ancestors, we have come to thank you.

We have come to be with you ancestors.

We have come from the place that you know,

The place where we have come from.

It was you that took us there.

It was you who travelled across the seas,

It was you who filled us with your stories.

It was you who began our lives among the rocks & stones.

We have come to hug you,

We have come to kiss you for the life

You made for us.

We have come, ancestors, to love

You as you taught us. We have come

Ancestors & now we are together.

Ancestors we hug you, we kiss you.

Ancestors, we weep, because

We have come.