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Death Will Follow

Death was always my mother’s destination.  
Even when she was most in love,  
each passing second brought her  
closer to silence and non-existence.  
 
As her daughter, I will follow soon enough.  
 
The men who find comfort in me  
are much like my father,  
walking paths of broken vows.  
Could he have imagined his daughter  
one day dancing in the rhythmic throes of  
desires passed down through our ancestors?  
 
Every genome acquires its wounds  
and my father's sins are my inheritance.  
They live in me and find release in the  
convulsive orgasms of men promised to others.  
 
Death will surely come for me  
as it has for those I love.
Written by Nizana (Lauryn)
Published | Edited 31st May 2023
Author's Note
I continue to stumble into affairs with married men. I edited the photo from one that a lover took in mother's apartment where I'm living. He captured the futility I feel. While contemplating the way I'm living, these thoughts came to me.
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