POETRY AND ART / Predestined to Choose for Herself

in #poetry7 years ago (edited)

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Bound by a Root


About the poem-

Life isn't fair, some people are born with distinct disadvantages, they carry the sins of their mothers and fathers. My poem is about such a person and their struggle to understand and overcome.


Predestined to Choose for Herself

Loneliness, self-loathing, despair,
words seldom spoken yet written
on small scraps of paper
before she was born;

like genetics she calls it
inheritance
but not her self-worth.

Her value she writes in a poem
with edits and cross outs,
a striving for truth
until the day that she dies.

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We get life based on our 'karma'. Nice poem thanks.

You are welcome.

Great poem...it makes me realize how unfair life can be sometimes

True, and the struggle to overcome.

A search to find truth; a search to find peace. From that which came before. This poem resonates with me. You have a way with words. Truly inspiring.

Thanks I'm glad it made a connection.

Yes, over the years I've learned that there is no such thing as "fair". That's the cry of a child. The trick is to let go the expectation. Another remarkable poem!

Thanks much appreciated.

I hope she finds herself before she dies.

Or at least gets her poem finished