Who Do You Think I Am

birth, devotion, how i feel, little sister, mirror, mother, together, Who do you think I am - Poetry Contest Birthed special as twins From a shared womb We were made to feel special! My twin was first to let go She broke our love knot Hurrying to her new freedom! She waited for me crying Until I was laid alongside her In an identical pink warming blanket! It was my turn to be crying now Her abandoned cry made silent Knowing I was with her there! Inseparables we grew to become as before Our new home was very 'safe' for two Twins were to be an indulged oddity then! So alike and special side by side We were coveted and blessed These babies who came from one womb! We were cherished and adored Always up in arms side by side And fed together with spoonfuls of love! Our sibling sister did follow soon But shared her blankets alone She was ‘loved’ for being only one! We thought her an intruder She was the star, sun and moon And selfishly pocket our time-shares! We needn’t have walked as early as her We were up 'in arms' for show and tell And only spoke in our secret tongues! We were still twins but so spoiled She walked and talked much earlier And she was quick to spark on her own! She learnt survival tools to get on with life Our security was faulted built out of smoke Dissipating at its now 'mired' core! We were on our own and naked Our identity apart was thin Time came to us late in hard knocks! A twin is only birthed as one Apart and special on its own Each born to make its own identity! Twins will be together after death When their love knot again is twined And two twinned hands clasp once more!