through the looking glass there exists a woman who is not in pain she runs without restraint no manacle or disorder to her name people wait on a bridge for her to cross they are all those who have loved her calling from the other side that part of her heart cast in loneliness feels a needle of pain to imagine once she had a family through the looking glass there exists a woman who is not in pain she might only be a reflection a shadow seen with the lights out as I turn from the mirror thinking myself unobserved in empty room but occasionally I long to reach for her tell her how much I need to run alongside her and find the end to this mighty ache.
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Born in Europe, Candice Louisa Daquin is of Sephardi French/ Egyptian descent. Daquin was the Publishing Director at the U.S. Embassy (London) before becoming a Psychotherapist. Daquin is Senior Editor at Indie Blu(e) Publishing, a feminist micro-press and Editorial Partner with Raw Earth Ink. She’s also Writer-in-Residence for Borderless Journal, Editor of Poetry & Art for The Pine Cone Review and Poetry Editor for Parcham Literary Magazine. Daquin’s own poetic work takes its form from the confessional women poets of the 20th century as well as queer authors writing from the 1950’s onward. Her career(s) teaching critical thinking and practicing as a psychotherapist have heavily influenced her writing. As a queer woman of mixed ethnicity and passionate feminist beliefs concerning equality, Daquin’s poetry is her body of evidence.
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