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Letters swallow
Themselves
In seconds.
As I attempt
To compose myself
Before sharing
My innermost thoughts
With you.
Scared
Beyond words
How you'll respond
To this unspoken truth.
Of finding out
You eldest son is
Really
Your eldest daughter.
Whether
You'll greet me
With an open heart
And a gentle hug.
Or
Turn away
With a closed heart
And a frigid frown
Upon your face.
Mentally
Flipping a coin.
As I open
My apartment door
To greet you
Mom.
Therisa © 2016
Author's note: For many, in the LGBT+ community coming out, to a family member, is the hardest thing, we can do. Knowing, a rejection by them, can cause us, to react negative, and for some, this can mean, a suicide attempt.
Using, one line of the poem by Naomi Shihab Nye, Burning the Old Year , and write a new poem from it. The italicized lines are Naomi's.
