themes: jealousy, bitterness, shame
jealousy has always been
the chain around my ankle
digging into the weary bone
blurring my eyes with clouded tears
in my childhood i watch you
longing to feel the love
your mother lavished upon you
her beautiful sacred child
in my adulthood i watch you
yearning to earn the praise
the crowd awarded on you
their muse and their genius
YOU ARE READING
aftertaste || poetry
Poetrythe words left in my mouth after the pain came, stayed, and left
