Twin Flames

Two societies, two cultures, two ways, two worlds, 
But the same mechanisms, glares, shuns and goals; 
No-one knew the other, but the church had words, 
For the special disabled school to adjust their bowls. 

No pluralism, no perspective, no individual identities, 
Just a passionate disabled self to only mix with flames, 
Never allowed to cohere with or love outside entities:
Was indeed suppressed and thwarted for playing games. 

This world holds all people and is made of communities, 
Which habituate diversities and not similar creations, 
That can’t often be specified because of rare novelties:
When an identity is just emerging, it has no derivations. 

Acceptance is the yeast of decision, it gives us stance, 
And betterment will only come whenever we assimilate;
Integration does not transcend from condescendence, 
But prevails when affection does blossom to mediate.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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March 19, 2016 at 12:55 AM
Rhoda, Congratulations on your win. **SKAT**
Webb Avatar
March 19, 2016 at 4:09 AM
So long as you have all the same types of people in the same place, if there's a bad or a negative or unnecessary reason like disability, or a bad reason like Christian faith, there will be bad and disastrous consequences. Life won't be so good for outsiders, and indeed may be bitter for them. I'm glad for the integration of the disabled in mainstream schools and I'm desperate for the further decline of the fundamentalist church.
Raven Avatar
March 15, 2016 at 8:40 AM
Hi Rhoda, Congratulations on your 1st place win in the contest. I enjoyed the read....Vlad.
Webb Avatar
March 15, 2016 at 11:55 AM
I let out a lot of my frustration on this one! I remember being angry and frustrated as a child and teen because both groups were interacting similarly, which to me was insanely. So I decided to relate to each person that i could in my life one by one, which incidentally took the pee out of the mission which was advocating Won by One, the slogan that it had erected for improving its relationships.
Negron Flores Avatar
March 13, 2016 at 2:47 PM
Congratulations Rhoda on the placement the contest
Webb Avatar
March 13, 2016 at 4:31 PM
Thanks for giving me a 1st place Nayda, that was greatly appreciated
Smith Avatar
March 13, 2016 at 2:19 PM
A special write, congratulations Rhoda
Webb Avatar
March 13, 2016 at 2:36 PM
Thanks Charlie, I was glad to vent what frustrated me so much as a child and teen.
La France Avatar
March 2, 2016 at 4:03 PM
Rhoda, your poem was deep and full of wonderful vocabulary, I really like your use of phrases and I am loving this 7 ~
Webb Avatar
March 3, 2016 at 3:14 AM
I had real problems and issues going between the Christian mission hall which i attended with my parents more than twice on a Sunday, and my special school because it felt as if the two communities had the same behaviours and reasons for exclusion
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March 2, 2016 at 11:00 AM
I liked your poem including rhythm and inspired key rhymes like: goals-bowls,flames-games,stance-condescendence,assimilate-mediate. It is difficult to construe so round both form and content.Congrat.Some ideas remind me of a philosopher like Theodor Adorno.But especially I keep in mind (upon my modest opinion derived conclusion):Ethics of resistance by solitude and by solidarity
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