TO BE YOUR SISTER 2

we were gifted
I followed you here so we could be us
I moved right into your neighborhood
which gave us even a little more time
together
time in the morning before work
time at the gym
dinner time
free time
that cost us
what?
time on weekends
time at the lake
lying around with your daughter
and the white dog
taking a swim if we got lucky
if it got warm enough
time sitting at your kitchen table
time on the back steps time
we began to look more and more alike
our hair turned red
we liked to do the same things
Goodwill, coffee shops, bands
we dissolved
with all of our bloody imperfection
we were perfectly blended
we became a compound
an alloy
we became somebody
we were gifted