Because a broken egg shell is a hopeful sign of a song set free
Because the wind blowing through the leaves is a soulful sigh of longing
Because wings were made to fly, not to be bent or broken
Because sometimes homes is no longer home
Because sometimes you cannot ignore the invisible string tugging you onwards
Because you were born with a map in your bones, in your blood, in your heart
Because the long, cold winter is too rough to face alone
Because weakness of the body does not mean your heart is not strong
Because the ocean is too vast to cross in a boat of twigs and acorns
Because I'd pluck out all of my feathers before I'd leave you behind
NaPoWriMo 2024 - Day 14: Today's (optional) prompt asks you to write a poem of at least ten lines in which each line begins with the same word (e.g., "Because," "Forget," "Not," "If"). This technique of beginning multiple lines with the same word or phrase is called anaphora, and has long been used to give poems a driving rhythm and/or a sense of puzzlebox mystery. To give you more context, here's an essay by Rebecca Hazelton on her students' "adventures in anaphora," and a contemporary poem that uses anaphora to great effect: Layli Long Soldier's "Whereas."
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