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Hereditary
I try to suffice the unseen parts of me, the ones I try so hard to hide, to take apart, and rip away the nature, though it seeps deep in my dna, and time through time the cycle restarts, etching every moment, every breath that I try to do myself, is in the shadow of someone else, and every step that I take, is controlled...

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Categories: hereditary, 12th grade, abuse, angst,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Achondroplasia hereditary bone loss
Sitting in the specialty clinic when this big word is tossed in our laps I watched my son tumble flip play football soccer tumble play baseball yes we all knew he was short but now after injury this unexpected diagnosis I'm completely stunned hopeful but how many surgeries bone loss bone death I still can't pronounce...

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Categories: hereditary, angel, christmas, courage,
Form: Dramatic Monologue



VEIL OF BLOOD
Crimson hue, last stain of life with ears, Ritual’s mark, from hunger and thirst earth drinks, Thick and red, a crimson rain, that sacred flow! Binding souls in eerie light and, Draws like a moth to light. Emotions, weightier than a thousand on a scale Veiled in dark, that haunting stain in treaties. “Blood is thicker than water” ...

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Categories: hereditary, africa, america, black love,
Form: Free verse
Hereditary, Part 2
I have My grandmother's chin When I sew and knot the thread Her hands are mine Her love is mine when I dig my fingers in the roots Of my garden Her hands are mine When I look at my eyes I see the lines and think of her Her love is mine You are still there But so is she I look to her...

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Categories: hereditary, allusion, childhood, father, grandmother,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Family Illnesses
illnesses too tragic to mention angrily parading through families who will be the next victim? changing your life greatly obliterating nonsensical compelling intense pain...

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Categories: hereditary, sick,
Form: Nonet



Premium Member Death Is Hereditary
An amazing revelation that's hard to believe Death happens daily, worldwide people grieve It's actually hereditary Can't escape being buried Holy crap! Millions of us people bereave...

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Categories: hereditary, celebration,
Form: Limerick
Hereditary
I used to love the colour Of my eyes But now I look at the hue And see you And as I grow So do the similarities Between us The lines on my forehead The curve of my smile The weight of my brow It's yours I wonder how much of me is mine How much of me you've given, And how much you've taken with...

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Categories: hereditary, absence, age, conflict, family,
Form: Blank verse
Hate Is a Hereditary Trait
This hate runs through my viens and out my mouth. This *****litterally isn't good for my health. My silence is my medicine, Why share what trouble i've been in? You were never there, and I mean really there. You werent there to wipe my tears or fix my hair. So don't tell me that you ever cared. Hate has never ran so...

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Categories: hereditary, hate,
Form: Couplet
Hereditary Angst
It is me, or is it you? You're the adult, I guess you choose. You blame me? That's no surprise. I should open up my eyes, shouldn't I? When I look, the world I see; It's different than it used to be. Learning old and loving new, I think some explanation's due. You stay firm in your old ways, Ode to time when time...

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Categories: hereditary, angst, life, time, old,
Form: Rhyme

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