“Hija de tu madre.” by Elisha Fernandez | Handpicked Wednesday | One Poem Only

One Poem Only · May 27, 2026 · 3m

Wednesdays on One Poem Only are Handpicked, a new feature where I go deeper into the poem of the day and discuss what made it stand out to me.“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 skinPanicked by the implicationThat I did not belong to myselfI could not crawl above my stationLimited to the constraints and expectations people thrust on me,Like a hermit crab forced to stay in a shell too-small,No room to grow…