The Dahlias and the mirror

Iván V. Larraguível
2023-09-05

An evicted poet decides to reconcile with her daughter and make her death her last poem.
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13 min

Carmen has years of being diagnosed with cervical cancer, after being evicted, she makes the decision to reunite with her daughter and remove the weight that she has carried for 21 years of having abandoned her and never having told her everything she felt for her. Mireya, her daughter, having grown up without her mother, feels nothing for her beyond what she feels for any acquaintance and rejects Carmen. Without Mireya's forgiveness, Carmen knows that she is leaving this earth without the bond of the person she loves the most, thanks to her mistakes.