Of my country and of my family
I have little to say.
Or is it, that I have
Far too much to say,
So that I am better off
Not starting?
My country anyway,
Is a long way away.
The red dirt I long for
Is only a dream now,
So what can I say?
My family too is wasting away.
My father is gone now,
My mother is far away in the red dirt,
Her love as always, abounds.
My brother - love but apathy,
My sister, my womb mate,
Only antipathy.
My son, my miracle,
I only had him for a few days.
You see, he was never
Mine to keep.
Only borrowed.
So now I can only weep,
For all that I have lost.
It seems, you see,
That I was meant to die alone.
That when I am done,
When the time has come,
Alone I will be, going down.
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This poem was written as part of the 2022 Literary Taxidermy Competition
It has the opening and closing lines from “Ms. Found in a Bottle” a short story by Edgar Allan Poe
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Emma Datson
I am 40ish, medically interesting, Australian poet, who is finally using her voice. My superpower is my vocabulary. Dive in and read an eclectic mix of poetry and creative non-fiction, full of love, grief and hope. Light, love
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