My Other Half

When people say we look alike

We both say otherwise

She has dark brown hair like the color of her eyes

While I have black hair that shines brightly when exposed to the sunlight

She is a mountain

While I am a short tree

She is eleven

While I’m fourteen

I just don’t see

The resemblance they see

I fight with her every day

Not lasting a second in harmony

Our arguments are like tennis matches

Throwing insults back and forth

At times I pretend she doesn't exist

Each word we let out collides,

Making a dent in our relationship

Then

I think of that day

It was sunny

The brightness blinded me

Didn’t know where I was going

But knew who I was meeting

I carried the purple blanket

It was soft

Like the pillows on her bed

That were set up before she even arrived

She had big, dark eyes

They stared at me

While her chubby cheeks

Blushed as a red balloon

I look back at this moment

And wonder

How can I hate her?

This human being I did not know

But was mesmerized the second I saw her

I crumbled down

Into a pile of rubble

When I saw her cry

She seemed so frail

What seemed to me as a joke

Left a scar on her heart

As I saw her cry

I saw the chubby baby

I once cradled in my arms

So small and delicate

So pure and innocent

My unforgiving words punched me in the back

Making me feel remorseful

So shallow

I felt so unreal

So I tell her

You are my missing piece

Although you may be younger

It seems you know more than me

You are as kind as an elephant

You are as smart as can be

So the next time

Someone says

I look just like you

I will nod

And say

I know