I wish we shared memories
I wish there was more
I wish I knew you better
What are sisters for?

Years of life spent apart
Inside of the same home
Stranger from across the hall
Are you just as alone?

Misnamed sister
Who could you be?
Ginger twin
Are you an older me?

You changed my diaper
You wiped my tear
You took the blows
You took the fear

I wonder about you
Day in and day out
Living so freely
A family without

Tormented, fractured
Stuck in one place
Devoted to others
Head up in space

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Sister, sister
Who are you?
You are me
And I’m you, too.

A contradiction
At every coming turn
A mind made and unmade
Love felt unearned

I watch you
Learning every move
I hear it loud
Teaching me you

A fabled foe
A tossed away friend
A sibling pushed aside
Who came back in the end

I am thankful, sister
Now you see
That I am you
And you are me.




© SKM