POEM STARTER
Compose a poem about rejection.
This doesn't just have to be in a romantic sense; rejection can come in many forms!
The Doctor’s Treatment Kills
Mother is a doctor,
A shaman,
A preacher,
Her words and her choices
Make all that is wrong
Corrected.
I am her patient,
Her follower,
Her worshiper,
I am the wrong
She is correcting.
It is believed
All children are born
Without sin,
All but I.
My words are met with,
“Hush.”
My actions are met with,
“Why?”
My curiosity is met with
Unending lectures
Unending shame.
The doctor’s treatments
Or the shaman’s spells
Not even,
The preacher’s sermons,
Will fix
What she made
Of me.
Ooo I love the way you said “What she made / Of me.” I think that is really cool because I shows just how impactful the influence of the mother is. I really like how she painted in like a strict maternal way in the beginning but by the end you can tell it was very much a toxic maternal way. Well done!
