Lamentations of a Daughter- (1)

Elder brother works in the fields
Younger brother is being nursed by mama
What place does a daughter like me have?

As a daughter, I am a worthless branch on the family tree
Only good for my husband's family when I marry out
And only if I bear a son

I know not to expect affection from my natal family
I know not to crave attention from mama or baba
I know to keep quiet when the men are in the room, and to stay out of the way

Yet my heart aches for love

poem by Sae Amakura
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Porcelain Heart

Though it was long ago, my heart still aches as though it just happened
That day when my heart of porcealian was shattered
It was dropped from a third story floor and fell to the ground
Breaking into a million tiny pieces

Over time the shards were gathered together
I glued them back together, and I thought I was okay
Then you came into my life, and I felt something
Something I hadn't felt in so long

It was an emotion I thought I'd lost

Even though we're just friends, I wonder
At night as I lay in my bed and the moon shines ih through my window
If we moved past being friends, I wonder
If I would be able to reciprocate any type of loving emotion you gave to me

I don't know if I could, because as I glued those shards together
I also built up a brick wall around my heart as well
So that I would never have to feel that shattering again

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poem by Sae Amakura
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