Story Poem, Nr.07 — An Acceptance of the Unknown

Dear Josh, if this is a true story, it has elements of sci fi exceptionality. If it is a work of fiction, it is exceptional, because it takes a creative mind to do so. Very good indeed. J

Thank you J for your encouraging comment.
I tend to approach poetry guided by Robert Frost where he stated:  
“A poem begins with a lump in the throat; a homesickness or a love sickness. It is a reaching-out toward expression; an effort to find fulfillment.  A complete poem is one where an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.”  
And the original "lump in the throat" (the emotional starting-point for the poem) was triggered from reading Crimsin's poem "Angel" (which she tagged as #bisexual as well as #love and #beauty). I put a link in the Author's Note. I thought your own comments on the poem were really good.

This poem is fiction using a large dose of imagination and metaphor, and no doubt draws on my subconscious from having read a lot of sci-fi in my teens and twenties. I used the idea of cloning as a way of looking at myself in a bisexual manner.
I'm getting off-topic here but in my past life as an academic my specialist interest was "Philosophy and Technology" where my driving question was (and is still) "What does it mean to be human that technology might somehow deprive me of?" The ever increasing power of technology forces us humans to refine our answer to our self-understanding as humans. It will only get more so in the future. Cloning is probably closer to happening than we would like to believe.

I always learn something more from reading the great poets of this, like yourself, Crowfly, Crimsin and many, too many but that I admire deeply. I feel that you have the gift of penetrating the mind and force the reader to look beyond. It's beautiful. J

It does have an element of science fiction, and an imaginative one.  I think "Deciding acceptance was better than judgement" is the key line.  If you can accept yourself, then you've got it made.  That may assure self confidence in so many ways.  I love this write.

Thank you Crowfly.
You picked out the key line about acceptance/judgement.
Self-acceptance is the hardest; we so easily bully ourselves for being "not good enough" - partly I reckon from being told (in Western Culture) for 2,000 years that we are 'sinners' - and this gets translated into 'failed person' deep in our collective psyche.
Accepting others often seems easier. And this was in the back of my mind writing it in response to Crimsin's poem.

a very strange and interesting poem josh, worthy of the audience applause

Thank you Vandel - nice to see you around again. The poem is certainly not of my usual type but I guess cross-cultural triggers (both literal and imaginative) can produce novel and interesting outcomes - especially with the possibilities meanings getting 'lost in translation'.  :))

This reminds me of a novel I read a decade or so ago!  It may have been Sons of Fortune by Jeffrey Archer, but I'm unsure.  

At any rate, you've certainly condensed the plot into a very engaging poem!

Thank you Ahavati - I'm stretching my style a bit.
I tried writing short stories a few years' ago but could never finish them. Perhaps I can start the other end and expand a condensed poem-plot into something readable.
I've never read any Jeffrey Archer (I know, I should have) but I'll have a nosey next time I pass the second-hand book-shop.  :))

What a novel concept...
growing up with a cloned twin in some far-off land...
interesting take on self-acceptance...
Say...
which one of you...is the clone, eh? And how do you know? Ely

"which one of you...is the clone, eh? And how do you know?"
yeah ... you got it in one.
Thank you for reading, Ely.

Thank you for the good write... Ely

Thank you again for reading. It's ot my usual style but one of those urges to write something down 'in the moment', before it passed me by.  :))

Thank you Rose for visiting back in my archives - it's really nice when someone does that. Glad it kept you hooked. And honoured by the RL too, thank you. Have a nice week-end. Josh.