Thursday, December 12, 2024

The Family Ties are Family Lies.

I am my mother's daughter,
     but I am also your niece—

An only child torn between sisters,
    a two-headed snake,
       one, a little weaker—

Two stories held side by side,
the same yet so different—
name brand versus knock-off.
    Something’s not there,
       but I cannot decipher what.

    The Truth—Capital T—Truth,
lies forgotten in a cornfield,
    along with my mother's side—
    dead in her grave with her.

   And I, as a child grown, choose
your side, because I need connection
     after that silent start to life.

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