My mother's loathing is my own

Is it love or generational self-hatred

I have been told I look like my mother
in the way we laugh at the same jokes
and show love through our eyes,
emotions never quite being able to hide
and I always take these comments in
with so much admiration and pride,
yet when my mother says she hates how she looks
I begin to think that is a reflection of me.
If we are the same
does she not point these poisonous thoughts
at my chest too?
Bulls-eye patterned loathing
that strikes in the same place twice,
and I am left to wonder whether
her self-hatred is not just for one
but for two.

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[John the Baptist]

Parental attitudes can be projected, and young minds can be vulnerable. Sometimes we unconsciously assume our parents' beliefs, whether they reflect reality or not. That's why self examination is so necessary, so that we don't go through life like programmed robots.