Eyes Like Mine


old photographs and pictures of smiles
the ones who made me who i am

the odd one
with hair not the same
and hands smaller than theirs
just a bit
shorter than her yet two years older
my peculiar ablities
tained by a lack of similarites

never my sister, never really my mother
my brother like the two of them
a father who was perfect
just like my sister
she must get that from him

my styles different
my likes are unconventional
not nearly close to theirs

unbeknownst to them
i have an ability
to word and phrase things
into a logic and beauty
from a mess
to a masterpiece

i am different from them
yes
in all aspects of the word
you'd never know i was part of this family
because
you see
they have
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