Pedigree
written by: Megha Sood
@meghasood16
We are descended from the divine
born with that ambrosial touch
floating on the angelic wings and the
defined with that seraphic glow
as we descend to this earth
rolling in muck and dirt
smeared and stained by the
seven deadly sins
we wished
to steer clear
all those doubts and reassurance
are falling on the deaf ears and
muted soul
a squelched soul trying to be free;
We are blind spectators
to the human atrocities
and lay our souls bare to
the lingering ghouls
they say ‘A fruit never falls
far from the tree’
and we fervently
risk our whole life
proving our
shimmering pedigree.
Megha Sood is an Award-winning Asian-American Poet, Editor, and Literary Activist. She is a Literary Partner with “Life in Quarantine”, at Stanford University. Her widely anthologized poems, essays, and other works talk about her experience as a first-generation immigrant and woman of color. Author of Chapbook (“My Body is Not an Apology”, Finishing Line Press, 2021) and Full Length (“My Body Lives Like a Threat”, FlowerSongPress, 2022). Her co-edited anthology “The Medusa Project” has been selected as a digital payload to be sent to the moon in 2024 in collaboration with NASA/SpaceX.
Latest posts by Megha Sood (see all)
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