Me: Ancestors, is there anything that it is time we heal?
Great-great-grandmother: Who are you to ask these questions and seek answers to these things?
Me: I am me. No more worthy or less than any other.
GGG: So, now you see yourself as equal?
Me: Equal in that I have as much right to exist as any other. I do not seek to impose.
GGG: You think you’re better than I was?
Me: Not better. But we each have our different perspectives, don’t we? What one standing in the garden can see is different from one standing on the rooftop or on the other side of the garden wall.
GGG: …
Me: I’m sorry for what happened to you. I do not pretend that I would have borne it better. The only thing I can offer you, offer all of us, is my perspective.
GGG: Well then. We’ve made some progress, haven’t we? Take up your space. It’s yours. Don’t let anyone shake you from it!
Me: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.