Prefix

Wed, 11/19/2014 - 10:25 -- kstrain

Symbiosis.

Greek. Meaning together.

interaction between two organisms

living in close physical association,

typically to the advantage

 of both.

 

I am, and have been

In perfect symbiosis

Since before my life began

In darkness,

I waited for birth

Symbiosis.

 

"the living together of

unlike organisms."

Shared birthday candles

Identical crisp

White

christening dresses

 

Disjunctive symbiosis

in which symbiotic organisms

are not

in union

 

I am

Not my sister.

I am

Incomplete.

I am

Disjumctive.

I am

Bisexual.

 

At stake?

A sister’s reputation

A father’s holy sacrament

A mother’s pride.

 

I live behind

A stained glass closet door

A stencil of my sister

My mother’s expectations

 

I am:

Loving deeply

Loving devoutly

Loving God.

 

I am not:

Sexually greedy

Incapable of commitment

A whore.

 

 

 

I am not:

Ashamed

Harmful

Defined by

prefix

 

I am:

Afraid

Uncomfortable

Unsure.

 

 

 

I am:

Dis

junct

iv

e.

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