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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/entry_id/881385-family
by Rhyssa Author IconMail Icon
Rated: 18+ · Book · Contest Entry · #2081410
my entries for the Construct Cup
#881385 added May 5, 2016 at 12:03am
Restrictions: None
family
we are braided together—
like strands of yarn
so different in texture and color
that it’s impossible to imagine
how alike we are—
silk and wool intertwined
with linen and bamboo,
and the unexpected fibers—
nylon, rayon, glittered plastic
that lend us shine.

we balance each other—
each one who joins us
becomes inevitable.
necessary for the whole,
reaching back and forward
into eternity.

I cannot imagine life without
each of you.
your aromas fill my lungs,
your musics beat in my veins,
I ache with you.

even when our lives move us apart,
so far apart,
I’m stronger because of you
your fierce support
sustains me.

there is no separation.
no way to define me, anymore
not without you—
all of you.
and when the inevitability of death
touches one of us,
we mourn our loss,
but the strands our dead gave
have changed us,
deepened us,
forever.

Prompt for: May 4, 2016



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