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daughter (Free verse) by sarah
For every time I'm short with her
For every time I'm cross
For every time I execute the say-so of "the boss"
I feel a bit more guilty
I feel a little less
I start becoming a little more...
lost.
...just lost
Like the end of the road isn't as clear as I think I need
I then begin to dig at that guilt for even passing my seed
for having done the dirty deed
the daughter out of wedlock
(which simply wasn't done "back in the day")
I know the end will direct me where I prophesize
that is - if I really absolutely try
one way
around another
and yet eye see there is still another
a will; a want; a desire
something lighting my fire
And still
I continue
constructing these caves
these walls made of roadblocks
I continue to be waylaid
I begin to reconsider,
why should I even stay?
And yet
I keep swimming
upstreams to cut new blocks
to build new passageways amidst the rocks
to knock off my own stinkin' socks
and forget the bad thoughts that swim around in my locks
metaphorically speaking I halt and scream "Stop"
Yes
Stop the world I do want to get off
I want to enjoy a light vacation on an escalator sky
Sometimes I ask the Goddess, Please dry these leaky eyes
And as she sighs, I feel her breeze attempt to dry my weapy eyes
I bow beneath her brow, devoted to a life of "try"
So try me again sweet daughter of mine,
forgive me my sins, if being human is a crime..
but please know my little love that you're precious as a pearl
I shall try to hold your hand as we maneuver this world.
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