Wellspringwords® Literary Anthology
To Be a Living Ancestor
Issue 5 | Spring/Summer 2026
cover artwork by Steph
In Flesh & In Bone
“It is not that I solely carry the survival and experiences of those who have come before me, but that my own survival and experiences are being woven into the tapestry of my lineage, as I am breathing and being. The journey between my birth and death marks what will become my evocation.”