Very shot stories (2)

No.1

The family resemblance was clear
mother’s eyes, father’s nose
the best and worst parts of me.

When I was young, I hadn’t considered the history that comes with a feature.
When I was young, researching how I could be smaller in every way.

But every feature or resemblance is a story of two people meeting
through hundreds of years.

Some falling in love
with each other’s features.

When I think of this history I can be kinder about the things I want to change.

My features tell a story that not even I have heard.

No.2

I am descended from
women who didn’t have a voice
society made them unable to speak up
experienced love as a fight.

So I became a woman who was;
Quiet.
Docile.
Accepted conditional love.

These same women
have shown me strength
able to now use their voice, speaking up, only accepting gentle love.

So I became a woman who is;
Louder.
Spirited.
Loved in equal measure.

There is no silence needed.
No love that requires a fight.
No assumed role.

I am descended from women who chose themselves.

In a world that forces you to chose others
at every turn.

They were always strong.

Ms ASK