*PLEASE LISTEN TO THE SOUND WHILE YOU READ MY POEM
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Growing up
Well, only I was growing up at the time...
but
Growing up
I remember watching my younger sister slowly lose herself
not all at once
but in pieces, no one else seemed to notice
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She was slowly losing her hair
her body grew frail
her skin turned pale
her body was trying to leave
but her eyes... refused to go with it
~her eyes were bright blue~
with fragments of green
her eyes still held the universe
even when her body felt like it was collapsing into nothing...
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I begged time to slow down
but I saw a universe learning to say goodbye...
she died... but those eyes, remained somewhere secretive
Those eyes stopped showing me the future
and started showing reflections of everything I was about to lose
but not forever~
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No matter how much it took from her,
it would never learn how to take her from me
I want her to know that I don't remember a girl who lost all her hair and had a version of her being stolen away
I remember her as the little girl
bright blue eyes
with fragments of green
who believed
she would grow up
and be something
beautiful~
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When I gave birth to my first child at twenty-seven
My daughter opened her eyes
her eyes are bright blue
with fragments of green
She came back to me~
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Hii <3 I missed you all! This is just a story, but it's also real for so many! This challenge is more creative and fun to me! I love you all, life has been lifying recently!!
About the Creator
Kodah
- Storyteller, Love/Romance, Dark, Surrealism, Psychological, Nature, Mythical, Whimsical
~𝓢𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓫𝓮 𝓪 𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝓭𝓮𝓮𝓹~
Reader insights
Outstanding
Excellent work. Looking forward to reading more!
Top insight
Heartfelt and relatable
The story invoked strong personal emotions
Comments (10)
I missed you and have wondered many times about you!! Welcome back. This poem did sound real - im glad to know it didn’t happen this way. 🤗
Although this was fictional, it felt sooo real and packed with emotions. You've outdone yourself! Loved your poem! So happy to see you with a new piece. I've missed you!
This is magnicent. Sad and revitalizing at the same time. Welcome back. I missed you! ⚡️💙⚡️
This is absolutely beautiful writing. I loved how you described her appearance and then her eyes. It made the life there a much stronger image. Loved this!
So happy 2 see you in my feed. Marvelous work Kodah! So Beautiful! You flame-broiled this challenge! 😁 Missed you too girlie! 💕🫶🏾
Outstanding, Kodah, and truly beautiful. I am happy to see you here again! I hope to see this one place❣ 🌸
This is beautiful in the most heartbreaking way! The way you keep coming back to her eyes makes it feel like her spirit never really left. I hope you have been doing great, Kodah! 💖
This is both heartbreaking and hopeful, Kodah! I'm very sorry about your sister but happy that she came back to you in your daughter.
Sadly beautiful and beautifully sad, but mostly beautiful. The music reminds me a little of Terry Riley
This is so beautiful. I really hope this win Kodah 🏆 💓💞💕💟