What do I know?
I know obsessive honesty because good children are always honest.
I know guilt for anything less than perfection because smart kids have to be perfect.
I know the weight of constant responsibility because the oldest child has to be responsible for everyone else.
I know persistence through tragedy because there’s no other choice.
I know clinging too tightly, too long to toxic relationships out of a misguided sense of loyalty.
I know caring for others’ needs more than my own because that’s what a good wife/friend/sister/daughter does.
I know all the sins, hopes, fears, and expectations I carry, both my own and those bequeathed to me.
I know they will crush me if I don't let them out.
Write what you know.
About the Creator
Catsidhe
Pronounced Cat-she: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat-s%C3%ACth
Anonymous by necessity,
Vocal by choice.
FPS: The Last Flame Challenge Winners
Welcome to our first Winners Announcement of the year and to the final challenge in the Fall Poetry Series. The Last Flame invited writers to sit with endings, using fire as a central image to consider what remains when something burns out: ash, warmth, memory, silence, or the faint promise of what comes next. The strongest pieces treated endings as gradual rather than sudden, allowing them to flicker, dim, and linger.
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Comments (3)
How you pack so much of yourself into so small a poem is amazing.
A great take on “write what you know”
This is so heavy and relatable. I hope writing and posting it offers you (your narrator) relief.