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# On What We Inherit About Worth
- URL: https://www.readsouveraine.com/on-what-we-inherit-about-worth/
- Published: 2026-10-09T00:19:54.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-27T18:30:53.000Z
- Description: Art and poem by coco on what we inherit about worth, and counting beyond four...
- Author: coco
- Tags: The Inner Work, Feminine Wisdom, #issue001

**The Ledger**

Mother taught me  
To count to four.  
I suppose her mom   
Couldn't afford more. 

My dad never met   
A debt he'd return. 

They have passed   
But I still carry  
The interest they accrued.   
Stacks of receipts  
They hoarded—  
My inheritance. 

Living below  
My means.   
Yet on the edge  
Of bankruptcy. 

So I sit down  
Revisiting the   
Balance of the ledger.   
The sum shows  
My rationing doesn't   
Settle accounts of the past. 

My aunt says,  
She lives in abundance.  
But I don't see   
Her source of income. 

Secretly I audit   
Her books.  
There are numbers   
Beyond what I have seen   
But I can't   
Find the source. 

Maybe that   
Is her secret.   
A belief that she   
Is worth more than  
The accounting system   
She began with. 

Maybe my ledger  
Had an imbalance.   
What if the discrepancy   
Was in the opening balance?  
Or what if I   
Was never a liability  
But an asset?

Maybe not all transactions  
Accrue a debt.   
Maybe some just are—  
Deposits.   
And I can learn  
To count beyond four.