The Genetic Code

Where family gathers.

Familiar faces

Separated by generations

Distance and time-

I still see connections;

In the eyes

In the smiles

In the line of a sturdy jaw,

In the stance.

I hear connections;

In familiar laughs

In common memories

Inflections,

In deep tones.

I recognize connections

Generations deep

Forged in heritage.

The genetic code

Cannot broken.