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Two Poems from our Family Poetry Collection

 
 
The Family Affair
   
Author: Carol White
   
Poem:
The Family Affair
   
  Like mother, like daughter
like father, like son
differences are rarely better
but the flaws are always one
Parents are inverted patterns
creating little Frankensteins-
doomed to know their tragic fate
so mockingly ahead of time
cursed to discover, always too late
wasted chances to fix past mistakes
We each take the unavoidable shape
of all that we have grown to hate
(our self fulfilling prophesy of fear-
we are to focused on what we lack
for anything else to ever be clear)
To see your future, look to the past-
your script is waiting there
the roles are already cast
if you still are not aware
It cannot be stopped once its begun
there is no escape from
the family affair
   
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safety glass
   
Author: Carol White
   
Poem: safety glass
   

Your pretend pretty world was all there was,
floating dangerously on a breeze from never.
I was happy, yet oblivious, just because
I was yours and so much smaller.
At night I watched the headlights pass-
my beds grew but the world became no larger
cradled (or trapped?) in your safety glass
Thanks, but no thanks, mom and dad-
balance is all too easily achieved
when one side is all you see or need.
A veneer, despite perfection, is still a facade.
Even though you made life,
you still can't play God.
I'm finding it hard to doggy paddle-
you never let me see the water.
You cant hide the world from me any longer.
 
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