“Hija de tu madre.” by Elisha Fernandez | Handpicked Wednesday | One Poem Only
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“Hija de tu madre.”
Elisha Fernandez
“Eres hija de tu madre.”
“You are your mother’s daughter,” is a phrase I heard growing up,
from strangers,
family members,
friends,
most repeated by my own mother.
I wanted to claw myself out of my skin
Panicked by the implication
That I did not belong to myself
I could not crawl above my station
Limited to the constraints and expectations people thrust on me,
Like a hermit crab forced to stay in a shell too-small…
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