![Screen Shot 2023-04-30 at 12.05.31 PM.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/pollenpiggy/EoiXheuNM253sDr1PKTcbH95NSRnH88KCSev7NPD2LurFzWnSAf2uP536N5g6qqQKs1.png) Thirteen years of bad luck turned into twenty-seven Why give birth to a child when you yourself haven’t Asked for forgiveness, scrubbed off the sins All we see are fragments of reflections and has been’s Thirteen years of bad luck started when I was five I wanted your love because I needed to survive Straightened my back, held up paper-thin mirrors Shards under the rug as we kept granting favors Thirteen years of bad luck, now down to eight The nightmares keep coming and I am awake Listened to glass shattering, you were walking away The mirror looks more and more like you everyday Thirteen years of bad luck and a lifetime of more I wish I knew about breaking many years before Cried into my wounds, flinched at the touch Was a child asking for her mother ever too much? --- ###### Thank you for reading, internet friend! I enjoyed playing around with scenarios and storylines for this week's prompt. I'm fairly new to the community by I hope I can learn a lot and write and read some more. -----

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Pauline (pollenpiggy) _{Pauline is a digital marketer and occasional speaker for Creative Writing. Outside work, she pursues passion projects such as writing essays, poems, and short stories, composing songs and filming videos.} _{As a storyteller on multiple platforms, Pauline has also attempted to create multimedia content through her YouTube channel (pollenpiggy) and a podcast she hosts (“[When Pigs Fly](https://open.spotify.com/show/4OLPHDPdSm8eqnjg1IId6e)”). You can find her at @pollenpiggycreates or at pollenpiggy@gmail.com.} _{Follow me on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/pollenpiggycreates), [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/pollenpiggycreates/), [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPjZKbbNNpTuadMIQqlI4ag) and [Ko-Fi](https://ko-fi.com/pollenpiggycreates!).}

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