Rachel Alarcio, age 20 (alum)
I wrote this as part of the “Becoming” WriteGirl workshop. It was inspired by the ambient music played as part of a writing activity. I wanted to play with repetition as well as with themes of evolution and paying tribute to our collective past as humanity.
Ancestral Evolution
the songs of your ancestors wrap themselves
around your heart as a parental embrace,
and you become
and you become
and you become