the memory keeper

she went to the village
in serch for the roots
for the air who made her ancestors
be who they were when she met them;

the old lady seated in front of the guest house
was related to her, in a way
most villagers were
and she told it to her

she said it quick without a warning
making sure that she gives it to her
in such a way that she will remember
and transfer the duty - of the memory keeper.