Predecessorship
Silently they link us to our dear cousins --birds, trees, dolphins, carrots, worms, fungi.
Former holders of eminent positions on the planet, they never knew who and how we would be.
Without office or title, they arose from stardust, sustained themselves, begot, and always returned to the same dust.
For billions of years, they each became successful predecessors in turn. Ancestors, forebears, forefathers, they gave each new generation the genes and context needed for more successors.
From time to time, remember them, be grateful, and think of what legacy you shall leave.
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