fate
intergenerational love and pain
mother
i am piece of you,
cloth trying to dye itself another color
caged bird trying to break free
black swan or white
never knowing which i am
we circle each other
like sun and moon
eclipses our understanding
while the rest of the time we are
Jormungandr constricting each other’s Earth
battling our demons as we wear
each other’s face
the sea has died and risen again in us
echoes upset at the voice for sounding the same
but always calling back anyways
pendulums in the valley between us
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R.C. Taylor
I write to invoke, to process, to honor, to resurrect, and—sometimes—to grieve but, above all, I write to be free.
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congratulation on your top story, excellent work
This powerfully captures the paradoxical push for independence, uniqueness, and belonging a child often feels towards their parent. Well done.
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Outstanding.
Beautiful work
Beautiful! Congrats on Top Story!
You layered family, trauma and myths in a. Fantasy piece of truth and honest pain
Congratulations on your top story . It's beautifull
This is a gorgeous piece. Congrats on the TS.
Your poem beautifully captures the complex bond between a mother and child. 🌸 It portrays the struggle of finding individual identity within this relationship, using vivid imagery and metaphors like "cloth trying to dye itself another color." 🌊 The poem evokes powerful emotions and leaves a lasting impact. 💖 Great job! 👏
Nice work, congratulations.
Great job congratulations
Brilliant. Love the parent-child connection you wove with the expose eclipse. Great work.
Wow, your first two lines caught my eyes. Congratulations!
pendulums in the valley between us is a fabulous description! Congrats on TS!
You express struggle and then acceptance so so well here, amazing poem & congrats on top story!!
Such focused accuracy in poetic description! All I can say is "Wow!"
Congrats on Top Story, such a nice read!
Excellent Top Story ✅ I really liked ‘black swan or white never knowing which i am we circle each other like sun and moon eclipses our understanding’
Fabulous!!! Congratulations on Top Story too!!!💕❤️❤️
This is nice dork.
Loved all of your poem. This line moved me most of all: "cloth trying to dye itself another color". Brilliant. Congratulations on Top Story.
Congratulations on the well deserved Top Story!
So good! 🩷 Loved the beats and pattern, great imagery!