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Sins of the Father

Sometimes you don't get to choose what to feel

By BrenPublished 4 months ago 1 min read
Sins of the Father
Photo by Fabrizio Azzarri on Unsplash

born out of bestial darkness

raised under a placebo light

a perpetual participatory starkness

of the shade and also that night

a rudimentary upbringing of sorts

they knew i wasn't one of them

just me and my turgid thoughts

i radiated an ignorant shame

trying not to imagine the point of conception

that moment of hate disguised as lust

trying to avoid this very perception

and still continue because i must

welcomed yes but not really wanted

i continue alone, forever haunted

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About the Creator

Bren

"It's just a token of my extreme!" - Frank Zappa

"Cause it's all in the heat of the moment It's all in the pain!!!" - Devin Townsend

Centre Stage with the wonderful Heather Hubler

I'm writing it out not acting in doubt!

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  • Marilyn Glover4 months ago

    Spectacular work, Brenton!💜

  • Grz Colm4 months ago

    Ah, terrific little piece Brenton!

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