Origins

We were both born on broken promises kissed through bottlenecks

                                           a shaky lullaby to hum in tip-toed tunes

                                                                         I learned from you

                 Generations of grasps confettied injuries

                                                                        we wore like jewelry

                              like sea glass found after being ground in waves

We smile together in the mirror

an uncanny resemblance

both ghosts wearing medals of the dead

Reaching for the other's neck in the dark
hoping to disturb a legacy we only know from outside
looking in