I thought you knew you were not my child
I thought you had enough information
The hair on your head is not mine
The eyes in your sockets
They are so different from mine
Your temperament is upity
Mine calm
You
belong
to someone
else

kerry-hickman-1

embodiment

Jun 6, 2026

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removed.--2445

leah

Such wonderful form and diction!&nbsp;&nbsp;I love the layout of this poem and I love the simplicity.&nbsp;&nbsp;I see this in two ways.

At first, I read this and felt like the "speaker" is sad, not because said family member didn't realize that they weren't really a biological family member, but sad because they wanted their relationship biological.&nbsp;&nbsp;This really seems to make the last lines a hard thing to say and an even hard thing to let sink in.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The second time I read it, the tone was bland, unemotional, and slow.&nbsp;&nbsp;In this tone, I felt like the voice was cold, blunt, and uncaring; stating the facts as they were without trying to hurt, but without trying to be deceptive in any fashion.

I just love it!&nbsp;&nbsp;Thank you for sharing.