she is the meaning of strong.

my mold, my maker —

and yet she does not make me her.

forged of her fire,

i wear her eyes filled with flowers and flame;

i stand on the opposite side of her coin.

we differ, are our own;

see same sights in unlike hues,

(our differing views)

but still — the stuff of our hearts is the same.

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