"Never take fire from a woman" - Audre Lorde

[highlyeccentric]

My sister and I
have been raised to hate
genteelly
each other's silences
sear up our tongues
like flame
we greet each other
with respect
meaning
from a watchful distance
while we dream of lying
in the tender of passion
to drink from a woman
who smells like love.

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I really like what this poem does with line breaks.