Conjoined twin sisters from Nuremberg Chronicle (1493). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Symbiotic twins it seems
Too alike
Too similar backgrounds
Too common talents
Every twin must find
Their own identity
So it is
For you and me
Perhaps within alliances
Of this kind
Breeds the contempt
Of familiarity
Some unconscious
Separation
In the places
Where souls bleed
I care not
For competition
It’s too abstract
Too ill-defined
It is a race
That enslaves
Those who would be free
And so it is
For you and me
(c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved
I love it!!!!! Woohoo!!! Love love love love love!!! Amen sister!
Thank you!!
“It is a race That enslaves” love the insight
Thanks so much!!
Memorable. Worth several reads.
Thank you so much, really appreciated!
You have a gift with words
a Wordsmith is what you are!!!
How very kind you are!! Thank you so much!
Not only extremely succinct and well-written but insightful and challenging as well, a message that should be mentioned, ok, perhaps pounded into our stubborn selves until we finally get it — we are each ONLY ourselves, no matter how “close” we might think we are to someone else. Only in the realization of this simple truth can we ever learn to accept and be truly ourselves! Most excellent poem!
Thank you so much, very much appreciated!
I enjoy the refrain “and so it is/for you and me”. It adds a sense of acceptance but also a sense of powerful independence. Well done.
Thank you so much, really appreciate it!
Yes, a lovely lilting ending. Beautiful stuff again!
Thank you, really appreciate your kind words!