the re-birth remembered

The forgotten birth after me,
a pair
was my twin
Ignored; they stared at me
but not him
Wail and distress
I moved with
the splashed white.

But he never
My fingers twitched
He was still
I was bathed
but he was shut away
In the morgue
Blue.

Remember me, my brother too,
a pair
Like the midwife did
when she smiled.
But he never smiled
He never did.

I was wrapped in the
white shawl
He was wrapped in the
white coffin and sunk
While I rose.

Remember us.

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