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lily's lament

January 14, 2024
By mariana_medina BRONZE, Homestead, Florida
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mariana_medina BRONZE, Homestead, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
"Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and the more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above and the moral law within." - Immanuel Kant

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my daughter's birthright

my mother's gift

enlighten, jester, please do go on

 

(corners and tips of Lilith reach)

 

call me synchronicity

call me your lovely

aphrodisiac mother, lover

 

(the tips of my toes embrace the wood)

 

or so i thought, or so i'd imagine

as i lie my head to rest

and the silence stares

 

 

and the silence imitates

my every move;

“i’ll ridicule you for just standing there too”

Photo by Sergiu Vălenaș on Unsplash

The author's comments:

I've always been very inspired by the symbol of Lilith outside of a solely religious context. When applied to quotidian life, Lilith encompasses a colorful array of a woman's experiences, including the innermost relationships with the rest of the world.  

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