Prefix
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.