Flesh Out Lord

"Not all mother-daughter relationships are pretty in pink."

— Chantal C Weiss

Thorn in your side,

thorn in the flesh

flesh it out,

flesh and blood

blood runs deep,

blood runs stains

stains my mind,

stains my heart

heart torn scars,

heart feels heavy

heavy silence,

heavy mind

mind tortured,

mind echoes memories

memories of my life,

memories of my mother

Motherfucker

mother Nature

nature verses nurture,

nurture got it wrong

wrong fucked up love,

wrong in many ways

ways to make it cruel,

ways to hurt your children

Children are a blessing

children are our legacy

Legacy, an inheritance

legacy, our future

future feels bleak,

future feels unknown

unknown like the mist,

unknown dense grief

Grief is my sorrow,

grief carved my tears

Tears fell in childhood,

tears fell for years

years fell by the wayside

years filled with rejection

rejection from parents,

rejection pushed me to God

God is comfort

God is love

Love is fuel

Love is the drug

drug trip

drug Lord

Lord have mercy

Lord knows

knows

Mercy

I live in the UK, and here in England we will be celebrating Mother’s Day tomorrow, 30th March 2025.

I have no contact or a close bond with my mother, which I wrote a little about here. I used to struggle terribly when this event arrived each year. Pushing down the facts, I now focus on my daughter and how we can change our legacy.

Blitz poetry was created by Robert Keim and is a 50-line poem of short phrases and images.

How to create a blitz poem

Line 1 should be one short phrase or image

Line 2 should be another short phrase or image using the same first word as the first word in Line 1

Lines 3 and 4 should be short phrases or images using the last word of Line 2 as their first words

Lines 5 and 6 should be short phrases or images using the last word of Line 4 as their first words, and so on until you’ve made it through 48 lines

Line 49 should be the last word of Line 48

Line 50 should be the last word of Line 47

The title of the poem should be three words long and follow this format: (first word of Line 3) (preposition or conjunction) (first word of line 47)There should be no punctuation

*It should be read very quickly, pausing only to take a breath

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