[Averne]

Written for my biological sisters after contemplating how much time I spend staring at my own reflection in the frame that holds their picture over my desk.

~*~

Picture Frame

I like to look at my reflection through your picture frame
The perfect anatomy of matching faces
Triplet hazel eyes and smiles
twinned against my own
My soul contained in yours
preserved behind glass
Forever in that moment
And I'm the invisible
fourth kindred spirit
The silent sister to be reborn
While ghosts of unshared memories
Penetrate then die away

~*~

The photograph in question was taken at my three older sisters' first meeting, four years before they found me. I'm always struck by how our eyes are all exactly alike.

© Averne, 2006

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I love that. Not only does it communicate a message, but your choice of words are soft and flowing.

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