Chimera

I am not a she-monster Though trolls have called me worse. I do not breathe fire though have been told I'll burn in hell by media, both social and in print. They thought they knew me #lyingcheat #notyourkids #benefitcheater. Or just plain #liar through pain, I bore two kids then suffered pain again when told I must have stolen them. Trying to cheat the system. They were not mine, the kids, the tests had proven I must have lied so; "Take them from the lying cheat" they screamed; the mob. My name is Lydia, half a twin, a Chimera. I do not have two heads, but found, I have two sets of DNA. And that explains the children that are mine; and also not mine. It does not explain hysteria, the hate, the mob. Based on the story of Lydia Fairchild This or That, Vol 1 Poetry Contest; Chimera Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh Date wrote: 07-04-2021