𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 જ⁀➴๋࣭ ⭑๋࣭ ⭑

01

**note: I'm not claiming for any of this to be good or to make sense, so please don't be harsh! im the rookiest of all rookies so this is just raw emotions ok**

#001- the creator

love or envy?
what is it that compels you?
you take the hammer and strike,
        hard,
                  harder,
till you hear a crack.
satisfied, you retreat.
rejoicing in the glory of creation.
you proud fool.

the perfect sculpture before you,
void of imperfection.
your life's work,
a striking feat.
of blood,
                sweat,
                           and tears.
it opens its eyes.
it reaches out to you,
terrified.

when you embraced it with open arms,
and you felt your heart ache.
what was that?
you gaze into its eyes.
an endless expanse;
      a question,
                          its answer.
      the world,
                         its end.
recorded in the irises
of your child.

then, you pushed it away,
out of fear and disgust.
this was not what you had created.
you murmur,
as you pick up your hammer
and bring it down.
        hard,
                 harder,
till all that remains is dust.

love or envy?
as you pick up your hammer again.
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nd move on to the next pile of rock.
to attempt to sculpt it
and create perfection.
        again,
                   again,
                              and again.

when will it be enough?
when will you be satisfied?
teetering on the verge,
are you satisfied of playing god?
leaving your failed projects behind,
crumbling.
devoid of your care.
was it ever love?

#001a- an afterword
this is long, and i don't think it's necessarily good. im considering it a warmup from like, months of me not writing at all. (partly because i was hugely depressed, partly because i was extremely busy)

this, whatever you wanna call it, was written with a controlling parental figure in mind. someone who has authority, and uses it to mold a child into their version of a "perfect" human. a generic concept, i know.

i think it's pretty self explanatory tbh, authority figure forces child and grooms them to be a certain way, and eventually gets disgusted with child when they develop any inkling of individuality. then the cycle repeats, as authority figure grooms more children and leaves a wake of broken kids.