Challenge
Write a free verse poem: When you said ...
Write a 12 to 21 line free verse poem about something a parent, sibling, or significant other said to you that was surprising to you. Begin the poem with the line, "When you said ...." Remember, free verse poetry doesn't follow strict patterns or conventions such as meter or rhyme scheme.
False God
When you said
you loved me,
was that before you knew me?
Before you saw my hastily bandaged wounds,
reopening from your constant prodding.
My snapping maw, from your pressing fingers
that sought out the me that I must have buried.
The me you created.
Out of shiny bridles and easy to fit,
upon the pedestal of manacles and Heavenly light.
But you cannot love something that has never existed,
has never been fitted in this world.
You cannot love something that wears my face but does not share my mind.a
That is not love.
That is a false God.
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