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signed in triplicate
my name by birth
she is born to love
in her green eye is a tear held forever
for all the lost children
she wraps her arms around her kin
and all they see
is her red hair everywhere
my name by choice
she is born to fight
in her black eye is mud held forever
for all the lost children
she wraps her arms around her foe
and all they see
is her dark hair everywhere
my name by right
she is born to heal
in her grey eye is a cloud held forever
for all the dead children
she wraps her arms around her fate
and all she sees
is her hair
white
everywhere
she is born to love
in her green eye is a tear held forever
for all the lost children
she wraps her arms around her kin
and all they see
is her red hair everywhere
my name by choice
she is born to fight
in her black eye is mud held forever
for all the lost children
she wraps her arms around her foe
and all they see
is her dark hair everywhere
my name by right
she is born to heal
in her grey eye is a cloud held forever
for all the dead children
she wraps her arms around her fate
and all she sees
is her hair
white
everywhere
Published 26th Jan 2021
| Edited 30th Jan 2021
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Anonymous
26th Jan 2021 10:51am
The hair here feels important. Metaphors for the passing of time from the fiery red of youth, the more sensible adult years of dark and the ageing of the white.
What comes to me most when reading this is a sense of trying to find balance — balance between all of the different parts of ourselves.
A friend of mine once said our minds are like Russian dolls, all the parts of ourselves fitting inside one another to make a whole, and that’s always stuck with me.
I was also struck by (and I don’t know if this was intentional) but you have fire, water, and Earth throughout the poem. I pondered on the fourth element, and the reason for the non inclusion of air. Then thought of how the air surrounded the poem itself. You don’t see air. You feel it. And it seemed to add another dimension of experience to the poem.
This was intriguing to ponder. Thank you for sharing.
-M
What comes to me most when reading this is a sense of trying to find balance — balance between all of the different parts of ourselves.
A friend of mine once said our minds are like Russian dolls, all the parts of ourselves fitting inside one another to make a whole, and that’s always stuck with me.
I was also struck by (and I don’t know if this was intentional) but you have fire, water, and Earth throughout the poem. I pondered on the fourth element, and the reason for the non inclusion of air. Then thought of how the air surrounded the poem itself. You don’t see air. You feel it. And it seemed to add another dimension of experience to the poem.
This was intriguing to ponder. Thank you for sharing.
-M
26th Jan 2021 10:54am
30th Jan 2021 7:34am
i knew there was something wrong, so i went to look at your comment. now the poem is on fire, not up in the air
26th Jan 2021 9:16pm
27th Jan 2021 3:30pm
27th Jan 2021 3:28pm
through death & births till until the eternity.. is this love & fighting heart .. through all painns & tears & darkness.. a revolutionary burning ev..
I feel your bleeding red.hot poetry.. & the ironwilled heart warrior core with that soulflame you hold strong..
the hair & colour metaphorize what you say the say so tearingly open & deeply touching.. in straight simple hardcore words .. bringing in natural. organic. poetics .. & nothing else.. thats what is uniquely you A.. dangerously straight & hardcore .. talking the talk ..
loved the format in employment & the highlight. you wrap them all.. endlessly.
sorry, but certainly could not offer anything constructive or corrective.. as i ev adore & learn from du's sunstarry shining poets as you..
shine on. light & love ev dear x:)
I feel your bleeding red.hot poetry.. & the ironwilled heart warrior core with that soulflame you hold strong..
the hair & colour metaphorize what you say the say so tearingly open & deeply touching.. in straight simple hardcore words .. bringing in natural. organic. poetics .. & nothing else.. thats what is uniquely you A.. dangerously straight & hardcore .. talking the talk ..
loved the format in employment & the highlight. you wrap them all.. endlessly.
sorry, but certainly could not offer anything constructive or corrective.. as i ev adore & learn from du's sunstarry shining poets as you..
shine on. light & love ev dear x:)
27th Jan 2021 3:29pm
thank you incredibly much for your words & endorsement, you are one of the unique ones my 🖤
27th Jan 2021 3:46pm
Anonymous
- Edited 26th Aug 2023 5:45pm
31st Jan 2021 11:14pm
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31st Jan 2021 11:39pm
i love your interpretation, youve tapped into things i didn't even know i was doing ... thank you incredibly much for this comment, i will treasure it
