Ancora - By: Sarah Ismail

Ancora, latin word for anchor

A person, a holistic environment

A person for me, one who causes malice

Yet disguises it as sweetness

Id played along knowing

the sweetness was bitter

Ancora, a word in latin

A word translated in enlish

Just like them, a personality

Needing translation just for a

simple sample of communication

Ancora, dragging you

Holding on to you

Pretending to do good

just so you can stay

Not for their benefit

But not for yours either

And that's all they need

Ancora, an invisible one

Shackled to your feet

To your mind

There to plunge you into water

Until it is above your head

Ancora, latin word for anchor

Anchor, english word for them

Please give a detailed explanation about the meaning and main idea of this poem.

The poem shows that even the loved ones who you thought missed you or were holding you back for a reason was just to simplify their needs. To be mean that's all their doing, sometimes those peoples have a mentality that dosent let them realize what they are doing. The poem emphasizes to stay away from them and go wherever you wished to.

Please explain your writing and thought process regarding this poem.

My poems don’t begin with an idea; they begin with a pressure point. A bruise. A memory that still has heat. I choose a symbol and let it carry the weight ( ancora ),

I write in waves, not lines, my stanzas are breaths. I then end the poem with a shift.

Why did you choose to write this poem?

For awareness to myself and as a warning of what will happen when the anchor drops so low you wont be able to get yourself back.

Do you have any tips or anything to share with the youth writers who may be reading this?

Rumi

“Some people are like thorns. They hurt you even as they cling to you.”