The Secret Lives of Ancestors

By AmyLee

There are vistas so filled with magic that even the most jaded can envision being transported back to a time before fields and hilltops were overwhelmed by modern life.

These moments and places have significance beyond points of interest on a map. They represent the memories and dreams of many. Listen as my ancestors whisper to you; allow them to cast their spell.

I was not the first to fall in love with this rough country; the elemental pull began generations before I was born. There is a belonging and homecoming that resonates from the hills and a song of rushing movement from the oceans, rivers, and streams. Each beat of my heart reverberates with the buffeting winds off the coast, and the salt air fills my lungs.

This wild land is in me.