Iksa
Mother and daughter frozen in time
Depicted with tiny dabs of paint
As if each moment of life
Was presented as a muted color
Weaving a tapestry of a moment
Accumulation of two lives
Intertwined by an unbreakable bond
Of DNA strands twisting through
Generations of women
Forming the iksa of time
Notes:
The Iksa, a type of clan, was the traditional constituent element structuring the social and political society of the Choctaw nation. Traditionally, lineage and one's kin networks were traced matrilineally and assigned from birth.
