mary green

i had a twin sister once
we grew up in a lighthouse, and the entire fishermen's village was our family
we were born to a woman who was 80 years old and died in childbirth
nobody remembered where she came from or what her name was
it was said that our eyes were originally blue, but the color faded from the rains
and became a stormy gray
then, one morning, i woke up all alone
and every day that happens to me since that morning
is encumbered by my sister's absence
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the true story is different, of course
or is it?..