Eudaimonia and Hedonia
A poem
Hedonia, the bubbly passionate extrovert ready to jump on any question taste every colour of the rainbow, sat at the edge of her chair, ready to run at the sign of the bell.
Eudaimonia, her quiet twin sister, quietly doodling a budding, symmetrical succulent, listening to the teacher and quietly wondering to herself.
Hedonia, soon as the recess bell rang, wanted to feel the wintery air against her skin, listen to the best, heart-thumping songs on her phone, but also to run through the art hall and see everyone’s best creations, taste the sweetest, most flavorful snacks, smell the scent of baking wafting from down the street, run free not bound by anything.
Eudaimonia, would quietly follow, taking true joy in seeing her sister dance thinking deeply about how in true difference, they were from the same roots.
Hedonia, the instant gush of passion, like pop rocks in your mouth.
Eudaimonia, the slow but steady trickle of joyous moments, in flow of creating things that hold meaning to her.
Tagging: Dandy Lioness | Sneha Devaraj| Dr. Fatima Imam | Baye Amina | Vijini Mallawaarachchi if you’re up to it and anyone else interested in today’s prompt: use personification to describe a common experience or concept.
Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她) is revisiting the practice of personification as a literary device in her poetry writing, and this was a difficult one! She did not want to villainize one sister over another, as popular media usually does, but that they were two sides to the same coin, and each held her own ground. Thank you to Ruchi Thalwal who tagged me in this prompt, and to Editorial Literary Impulse for creating this prompt.
