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Young Writers Society


12+

dad's hair and mother's hatred

by EllieMae


(TW for mention brief of suicide in second section)

i got my dad's hair

and my mother's hatred.

i can cut my hair

and dye it

but i am always left with

the piece of me

that is a piece of her.

-

i got my dad's eyes

and the pain my uncle felt

when he took his own life.

i can squint and blur everything

in front of me,

but i can never escape what my uncle took from me

and everything he left behind

embedded in who i have become.

-

i got my dad's smile

and grandma's perfectionism.

i can grin at any stranger

and spread kindness like wildfire,

but i can never feel like

i have done enough

been enough

or helped enough

to love myself.

-

i guess i think the way my mother does,

but that is everything i try to hide about myself

everything i am powerless to change.


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Sat Feb 10, 2024 1:50 pm
Cozmo2024 wrote a review...



Hi! Cozmo here to give you a short and sweet review!

Wow, first off I'd like to say that this poem had really hit the emotions. What I admire from this poem is how you write with such passion, and I can really feel the tone of the message that you're bringing to the reader.
In the lines: "i got my dad's smile

and grandma's perfectionism.

i can grin at any stranger

and spread kindness like wildfire,

but i can never feel like

i have done enough

been enough

or helped enough

to love myself."

I could really feel how much the speaker is trying to get their message across to the reader, and it's working. I am very impressed with the wording as well, for example the lines: "i can squint and blur everything

in front of me,

but i can never escape what my uncle took from me

and everything he left behind

embedded in who i have become."

I could really feel the tragedy that the writer is going through.
This poem hits very hard on the emotions, I'm very impressed.
Awesome work!
Bye bye!
- Cozmo :)





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